Honor Killing: A Look At The Aarushi Talwar Murder Case

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Sociology Assignment
Honor Killing
An honor killing is the homicide of a member of a family by other members, due to the perpetrators' belief that the victim has brought shame or dishonor upon the family, or has violated the principles of a community or a religion, usually for reasons such as refusing to enter an arranged marriage, being in a relationship that is disapproved by their family, having sex outside marriage, becoming the victim of rape, dressing in ways which are deemed inappropriate, or engaging in homosexual relations.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor_killing)

There are many Cases of Honor killing all over the world but for me the most shocking incident was the Aarushi Talwar Murder Case. That incident shocked the whole nation as a 16 year old girl was murdered and the most interesting part is that the blame was on her father to kill her. With this, one more dead body was found and that was of their servant. After all this the blame was again on father that he has killed his daughter and servant as he saw both of them in a compromising position.

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In most countries data on honor killings is not collected systematically, and many of these killings are reported by the families as suicides or accidents and registered as such. Although honor killings are often associated with the Asian continent, especially the Middle East and South Asia, they occur all over the world. In 2000, the United Nations estimated that 5,000 women were victims of honor killings each year. According to BBC, "Women's advocacy groups, however, suspect that more than 20,000 women are killed worldwide each year." Murder is not the only form of honor crime, other crimes such as acid attacks, abduction, mutilations, beatings occur; in 2010 the UK police recorded at least 2,823 such crimes.

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