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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 915841" data-attributes="member: 1246"><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/commission-details-675-honour-killings-in-pakistan-in-nine-month-period/story-e6frg6so-1226227064723" target="_blank">(The Australian)</a> — At least 675 Pakistani women and girls were murdered during the first nine months of the year for allegedly defaming their family’s honour, a leading human rights group said today.The statistics highlight the scale of violence suffered by many women in conservative Muslim Pakistan, where they are frequently treated as second-class citizens and there is no law against domestic violence.Despite some progress on better protecting women’s rights, activists say the government needs to do far more to prosecute murderers in cases largely dismissed by police as private, family affairs.“A total of 675 women and girls were killed in the name of honour across Pakistan from January to September,” a senior official in the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan said.They included at least 71 victims under the age of 18.The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is unauthorised to speak to the media, said figures were still being compiled for the period covering October to December, and that a full report would be released in February</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 915841, member: 1246"] [URL="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/commission-details-675-honour-killings-in-pakistan-in-nine-month-period/story-e6frg6so-1226227064723"](The Australian)[/URL] — At least 675 Pakistani women and girls were murdered during the first nine months of the year for allegedly defaming their family’s honour, a leading human rights group said today. The statistics highlight the scale of violence suffered by many women in conservative Muslim Pakistan, where they are frequently treated as second-class citizens and there is no law against domestic violence. Despite some progress on better protecting women’s rights, activists say the government needs to do far more to prosecute murderers in cases largely dismissed by police as private, family affairs. “A total of 675 women and girls were killed in the name of honour across Pakistan from January to September,” a senior official in the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan said. They included at least 71 victims under the age of 18. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is unauthorised to speak to the media, said figures were still being compiled for the period covering October to December, and that a full report would be released in February [/QUOTE]

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