Concern Grows over Iraqi 'Honor Killings'

Concern Grows over Iraqi 'Honor Killings'


WELCOME TO GEORGIES DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ FOR WOMEN

Edited on Thu Dec-08-05 03:21 PM by ECH1969

Women's rights in Iraq are a subject of growing alarm for activists and some secular groups.

The widely accepted and seldom prosecuted practice of "honor killings" -- in which family members of women who have had extramarital sex have a right to kill her -- is of particular concern.