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Lily Cai 26th August 2005 NO HONOUR IN MURDER The majority of Asian women live in fear. They face death by shooting, burning or killing with axes if they are deemed to have brought shame on their family through various and usually unjust ways. More hurtful still is that these cruel acts of murder are carried out by the men closest to them, usually their father, husband or brother. The lives of these women are restricted by traditions which enforce these extreme crimes, known globally as Honour Killings. Most honour killings of women occur in Muslim countries and are recognised as the practice of a family member killing a female relative when she has been considered to have brought dishonour to the family, however sometimes only through general accusation. Such "immoral behaviour" may take the form of marital infidelity, refusing to submit to an arranged marriage, seeking a divorce- even...

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