Latest items for MURDER-DATA-1
March 21, 2025, 4:55 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Almost two dozen women have died due to gender-based violence across Nigeria in 2025 alone, activists and civil society organisations have said in a call for a state of emergency. According to Femicide Observatory, run by the Lagos-based nonprofit Document Our History (DOHS) Cares Foundation, there were 17 cases reported in January, a 240% increase from the same period last year, with an additional five by 16 February. More than 100 femicides were documented in 2024. This month, Emrich Effanga, a hairstylist in the southern town of Uyo, was strangled, allegedly by her boyfriend, an usher in their church. Just weeks before, Mutiat Sholola died, allegedly after her husband stabbed...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Almost two dozen women have died due to gender-based violence across Nigeria in 2025 alone, activists and civil society organisations have said in a call for a state of emergency. According to Femicide Observatory, run by the Lagos-based nonprofit Document Our History (DOHS) Cares Foundation, there were 17 cases reported in January, a 240% increase from the same period last year, with an additional five by 16 February. More than 100 femicides were documented in 2024. This month, Emrich Effanga, a hairstylist in the southern town of Uyo, was strangled, allegedly by her boyfriend, an usher in their church. Just weeks before, Mutiat Sholola died, allegedly after her husband stabbed...more
March 21, 2025, 4:18 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Yaser Abdel Said, 67, fatally shot his daughters, 18-year-old Amina Said and 17-year-old Sarah Said, in his taxi cab in 2008 because they were dating men who didn't practice the Muslim faith" (para 2). "But the teen sisters were found bloodied and slumped over in their father's cab on New Year's Day in 2008 in the parking lot of the Omni Mandalay Hotel in Irving, Texas, where it was discovered they had been shot to death. Sarah Said was shot nine times and Amina Said was shot twice. Investigators said Amina was killed instantly. In a piece of incriminating evidence, jurors heard the 911 cellphone call made by Sarah Said...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Yaser Abdel Said, 67, fatally shot his daughters, 18-year-old Amina Said and 17-year-old Sarah Said, in his taxi cab in 2008 because they were dating men who didn't practice the Muslim faith" (para 2). "But the teen sisters were found bloodied and slumped over in their father's cab on New Year's Day in 2008 in the parking lot of the Omni Mandalay Hotel in Irving, Texas, where it was discovered they had been shot to death. Sarah Said was shot nine times and Amina Said was shot twice. Investigators said Amina was killed instantly. In a piece of incriminating evidence, jurors heard the 911 cellphone call made by Sarah Said...more
March 19, 2025, 11:07 p.m.
Countries: Uganda
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"In 2017 a spate of gruesome murders occurred on the fringes of Kampala. The police reported that 28 women ranging from 19 to 38 years old were killed in Entebbe town and Nansana in Wakiso District. Among the women killed was (R . N), a 27-year-old hairdresser whose body was found slumped under banana trees in front of her home. (R) was stripped and forced into an awkward position on her knees. On September 3, 2017, the police report identified that 12 of the women, had been raped or sexually assaulted before they were brutally murdered with some having sticks inserted into their private parts; four of the women were...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"In 2017 a spate of gruesome murders occurred on the fringes of Kampala. The police reported that 28 women ranging from 19 to 38 years old were killed in Entebbe town and Nansana in Wakiso District. Among the women killed was (R . N), a 27-year-old hairdresser whose body was found slumped under banana trees in front of her home. (R) was stripped and forced into an awkward position on her knees. On September 3, 2017, the police report identified that 12 of the women, had been raped or sexually assaulted before they were brutally murdered with some having sticks inserted into their private parts; four of the women were...more
March 19, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Countries: Canada
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The Statistics Canada website lists the following statistics for homicides in Canada in 2021. Total homicides: 788 (an increase of 29 homicides from 2020). Gang related victims: 184 Indigenous victims: 190 Racialized victims: 247 (49% Black, 19% South Asian) Women: 167" (para 31). "Overall, in 2021, 17% of homicide victims were killed by a spousal or intimate partner. Unlike homicide in general, most victims of spousal or intimate partner homicide are women. In fact, among spousal and intimate partner homicide victims in Canada in 2021, 76% were women, while 24% were men. Furthermore, the proportion of women (44%) who were killed by their spouse or intimate partner in Canada was...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The Statistics Canada website lists the following statistics for homicides in Canada in 2021. Total homicides: 788 (an increase of 29 homicides from 2020). Gang related victims: 184 Indigenous victims: 190 Racialized victims: 247 (49% Black, 19% South Asian) Women: 167" (para 31). "Overall, in 2021, 17% of homicide victims were killed by a spousal or intimate partner. Unlike homicide in general, most victims of spousal or intimate partner homicide are women. In fact, among spousal and intimate partner homicide victims in Canada in 2021, 76% were women, while 24% were men. Furthermore, the proportion of women (44%) who were killed by their spouse or intimate partner in Canada was...more
March 19, 2025, 10:12 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The rise of ISIS, which rapidly expanded across seven of Iraq’s 19 governates in 2014, and the ensuing mass displacement and campaign to eliminate the group from Iraq’s territories have had both direct and wider negative effects on women. Women were subjected to grave violations including sexual violence, slavery and killings. Minority women have been particularly vulnerable and targeted" (2). "Women in Iraq generally face high levels of gender-based violence, including female genital mutilation, domestic violence, sexual harassment, murders in the name of honour, forced and early marriage, and human trafficking" (2). "ISIS has perpetrated mass killings, arbitrary punishments, sexual violence and forced conversions" (5). "In August 2014, ISIS killed...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The rise of ISIS, which rapidly expanded across seven of Iraq’s 19 governates in 2014, and the ensuing mass displacement and campaign to eliminate the group from Iraq’s territories have had both direct and wider negative effects on women. Women were subjected to grave violations including sexual violence, slavery and killings. Minority women have been particularly vulnerable and targeted" (2). "Women in Iraq generally face high levels of gender-based violence, including female genital mutilation, domestic violence, sexual harassment, murders in the name of honour, forced and early marriage, and human trafficking" (2). "ISIS has perpetrated mass killings, arbitrary punishments, sexual violence and forced conversions" (5). "In August 2014, ISIS killed...more
March 14, 2025, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"In February 2019, the police took E.W.'s daughter’s body and the autopsy showed she had died from broken bones, and her vagina was damaged. E.W.’s daughter died because she was tortured by her stepfather, E.W.'s husband" (12).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"In February 2019, the police took E.W.'s daughter’s body and the autopsy showed she had died from broken bones, and her vagina was damaged. E.W.’s daughter died because she was tortured by her stepfather, E.W.'s husband" (12).
March 14, 2025, 5:25 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"In recent years, cases like Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen, have spotlighted the issue. The 20-year-old, based at Fort Hood in Texas, was bludgeoned to death, mutilated and buried in a shallow grave after reporting sexual harassment" (para 33).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"In recent years, cases like Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen, have spotlighted the issue. The 20-year-old, based at Fort Hood in Texas, was bludgeoned to death, mutilated and buried in a shallow grave after reporting sexual harassment" (para 33).
March 11, 2025, 5:05 p.m.
Countries: Belgium
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Since the beginning of the year, there have been at least 17 victims of femicide in Belgium, according to the blog "Stop Feminicide" which monitors media reports of femicides. In 2022, there were at least 24 victims. Stop Feminicide estimates that roughly two femicides take place each month in Belgium" (par. 8-9).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Since the beginning of the year, there have been at least 17 victims of femicide in Belgium, according to the blog "Stop Feminicide" which monitors media reports of femicides. In 2022, there were at least 24 victims. Stop Feminicide estimates that roughly two femicides take place each month in Belgium" (par. 8-9).
March 5, 2025, 8:35 p.m.
Countries: Ecuador
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"At present, the country’s 23 units are assisting 68 persons (relatives of victims or survivors) in connection with crimes of femicide" (15). "In May 2019, based on the work developed by the Commission’s Statistical Strengthening Group, a document was issued entitled 'Indicator production: number of victims of femicide registered in the judicial system', which establishes the process to standardize the official number of femicide cases based on the data registered by the Attorney General’s Office and the Ministry of the Interior. The number of cases of femicide is thus reported periodically according to the proceedings, by pre procedural and procedural phase, and the number of cases prosecuted, as per the...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"At present, the country’s 23 units are assisting 68 persons (relatives of victims or survivors) in connection with crimes of femicide" (15). "In May 2019, based on the work developed by the Commission’s Statistical Strengthening Group, a document was issued entitled 'Indicator production: number of victims of femicide registered in the judicial system', which establishes the process to standardize the official number of femicide cases based on the data registered by the Attorney General’s Office and the Ministry of the Interior. The number of cases of femicide is thus reported periodically according to the proceedings, by pre procedural and procedural phase, and the number of cases prosecuted, as per the...more
March 4, 2025, 10:02 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"[S]ince the AKP is running the country, the rate of femicide has been constantly increasing. Since 2010, more than 3.000 women could have been murdered by husband or partner" (4).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"[S]ince the AKP is running the country, the rate of femicide has been constantly increasing. Since 2010, more than 3.000 women could have been murdered by husband or partner" (4).
Feb. 28, 2025, 12:26 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"According to the UN, female inmates were butchered in their wing in the notoriously overcrowded prison after men forced their way in and went on a rampage" (para 3). "However, reports have suggested at least 141 jailed women were murdered, along with 28 young children who had been in detention with their mothers" (para 7).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"According to the UN, female inmates were butchered in their wing in the notoriously overcrowded prison after men forced their way in and went on a rampage" (para 3). "However, reports have suggested at least 141 jailed women were murdered, along with 28 young children who had been in detention with their mothers" (para 7).
Feb. 27, 2025, 8:34 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Between August and October, at least 97 women in Kenya were killed in femicides - intentional killings with a gender-related motivation, according to the National Police Service. The police did not provide statistics for earlier periods, but according to figures compiled by the Africa Data Hub collective based on media reports, there were at least 75 femicides in 2022 and 46 the year before" (para 8-9).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Between August and October, at least 97 women in Kenya were killed in femicides - intentional killings with a gender-related motivation, according to the National Police Service. The police did not provide statistics for earlier periods, but according to figures compiled by the Africa Data Hub collective based on media reports, there were at least 75 femicides in 2022 and 46 the year before" (para 8-9).
Feb. 27, 2025, 7:51 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The killing and rape of a trainee doctor in the city of Kolkata in August was a fresh reminder for Indian women who work of the dangers lurking in public spaces where women are far less visible than men, from the deserted corners of a hospital or corporate park, in public transport or on city streets. The 31-year-old was found dead in a seminar hall of the state-run hospital after she went on break during a night shift. A volunteer at the hospital has been arrested as a suspect" (para 6-7). "In other widely publicized incidents, female call-center workers have been assaulted and killed as they commuted to or from...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The killing and rape of a trainee doctor in the city of Kolkata in August was a fresh reminder for Indian women who work of the dangers lurking in public spaces where women are far less visible than men, from the deserted corners of a hospital or corporate park, in public transport or on city streets. The 31-year-old was found dead in a seminar hall of the state-run hospital after she went on break during a night shift. A volunteer at the hospital has been arrested as a suspect" (para 6-7). "In other widely publicized incidents, female call-center workers have been assaulted and killed as they commuted to or from...more
Feb. 26, 2025, 10:34 p.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"'We had a young boy who witnessed his mother being killed by her boyfriend. He saved the sister… if it wasn’t for him, maybe all of them were going to be killed in that household'" (para 3). "The fourth national femicide study in South Africa revealed that three women were killed every day by an intimate partner from 2020 - 2021" (para 5).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"'We had a young boy who witnessed his mother being killed by her boyfriend. He saved the sister… if it wasn’t for him, maybe all of them were going to be killed in that household'" (para 3). "The fourth national femicide study in South Africa revealed that three women were killed every day by an intimate partner from 2020 - 2021" (para 5).
Feb. 20, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The reason why women in Australia are allegedly being killed by their partners in record numbers has been revealed amid a domestic violence crisis. Twenty-six women have been allegedly killed in Australia at the hands of their partners or former partners so far this year, 12 more than this time last year. The body of teaching assistant Molly Ticehurst, 28, was found inside a home in Forbes, 370km west of Sydney, just before 2am on Monday. Daniel Billings, 29, has been charged her murder with court documents revealing he was on bail at the time for stalking, sexual assault and harassment charges. Just 36 hours later the body of Emma...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The reason why women in Australia are allegedly being killed by their partners in record numbers has been revealed amid a domestic violence crisis. Twenty-six women have been allegedly killed in Australia at the hands of their partners or former partners so far this year, 12 more than this time last year. The body of teaching assistant Molly Ticehurst, 28, was found inside a home in Forbes, 370km west of Sydney, just before 2am on Monday. Daniel Billings, 29, has been charged her murder with court documents revealing he was on bail at the time for stalking, sexual assault and harassment charges. Just 36 hours later the body of Emma...more
Feb. 19, 2025, 6:34 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1, IRP-DATA-1
"The latest data records 76,263 kidnappings and abductions of women - up 14% from 66,544 in 2016. Some of the crime was linked to murder, ransom and many were trafficked for prostitution and domestic work" (para 22-23).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1, IRP-DATA-1
"The latest data records 76,263 kidnappings and abductions of women - up 14% from 66,544 in 2016. Some of the crime was linked to murder, ransom and many were trafficked for prostitution and domestic work" (para 22-23).
Feb. 19, 2025, 6:09 p.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"A total of 301 women were killed by their current or former partner in 2021" (para 10).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"A total of 301 women were killed by their current or former partner in 2021" (para 10).
Feb. 3, 2025, 1:49 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"In Iran, official bodies do not publish accurate statistics on femicide. However, Iranian newspapers occasionally report based on available news. For example, in the summer, the newspaper Shargh analyzed news reports from the crime sections of newspapers and websites, revealing that between June 2021 and June 2023, at least 165 femicides occurred in Iran. In two-thirds of these cases, the perpetrators were husbands, and in one-fifth, they were fathers or brothers" (Para 4).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"In Iran, official bodies do not publish accurate statistics on femicide. However, Iranian newspapers occasionally report based on available news. For example, in the summer, the newspaper Shargh analyzed news reports from the crime sections of newspapers and websites, revealing that between June 2021 and June 2023, at least 165 femicides occurred in Iran. In two-thirds of these cases, the perpetrators were husbands, and in one-fifth, they were fathers or brothers" (Para 4).
Feb. 3, 2025, 1 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"In March 2023, an uncle was found guilty of murdering his 20-year-old niece in a so-called 'honour killing' before dumping her body on wasteland after she refused a forced marriage to a cousin" (Para 14). "Mohammed Taroos Khan, 53, was convicted of killing Somaiya Begum in Bradford, west Yorkshire, in July 2022" (Para 15). "Teenager Shafilea Ahmed suffered a catalogue of abuse before she was killed in 2003 by parents Farzana and Ifthikar, who disapproved of her 'Western' fashion, including a short-sleeved T-shirt she wore on the day of her death. Shafilea's parents were sentenced to life in prison in 2013, after being convicted of brutally killing her by shoving...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"In March 2023, an uncle was found guilty of murdering his 20-year-old niece in a so-called 'honour killing' before dumping her body on wasteland after she refused a forced marriage to a cousin" (Para 14). "Mohammed Taroos Khan, 53, was convicted of killing Somaiya Begum in Bradford, west Yorkshire, in July 2022" (Para 15). "Teenager Shafilea Ahmed suffered a catalogue of abuse before she was killed in 2003 by parents Farzana and Ifthikar, who disapproved of her 'Western' fashion, including a short-sleeved T-shirt she wore on the day of her death. Shafilea's parents were sentenced to life in prison in 2013, after being convicted of brutally killing her by shoving...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 12:47 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei is the third female runner to have been killed in an alleged act of domestic violence at the same elite training camp in three years" (Para 1). "In 2021, Agnes Jebet Tirop, who was one of the world's leading long distance runners, was stabbed to death at her home in Kenya, just five weeks after breaking the world record. Ibrahim Rotich is awaiting trial. On the same day, professional runner Edith Muthoni was allegedly shot in the head after a violent argument with her boyfriend, Kennedy Nyamu. She was 27. In 2022, Kenyan-born Bahraini athlete Damaris Muthee was found dead in Iten, allegedly having been...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei is the third female runner to have been killed in an alleged act of domestic violence at the same elite training camp in three years" (Para 1). "In 2021, Agnes Jebet Tirop, who was one of the world's leading long distance runners, was stabbed to death at her home in Kenya, just five weeks after breaking the world record. Ibrahim Rotich is awaiting trial. On the same day, professional runner Edith Muthoni was allegedly shot in the head after a violent argument with her boyfriend, Kennedy Nyamu. She was 27. In 2022, Kenyan-born Bahraini athlete Damaris Muthee was found dead in Iten, allegedly having been...more
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"[A]ccording to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Honduras had the highest femicide rate in Latin America in 2019" (6-7). "[A]t least 278 femicides in the State party were reported in 2020 and 318 in 2021, committed mostly by intimate partners or former intimate partners" (7).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"[A]ccording to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Honduras had the highest femicide rate in Latin America in 2019" (6-7). "[A]t least 278 femicides in the State party were reported in 2020 and 318 in 2021, committed mostly by intimate partners or former intimate partners" (7).
Jan. 29, 2025, 8:02 p.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"According to a report by the Argentina’s observatory of femicides of the ombudsman of the nation, 295 femicides were recorded between 1 January and 31 December last year" (para 7). "Although globally there are more homicides of men than women, the home is the most dangerous place for women and girls, she said. Sixty per cent of women are killed by their partners or family members, compared with 12% of men" (para 8). "'The Micaela Law was created because Micaela’s femicide, like so many others, could have been avoided if the people involved in the days, months and years before had made decisions with a gender perspective,' said Nestor García,...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"According to a report by the Argentina’s observatory of femicides of the ombudsman of the nation, 295 femicides were recorded between 1 January and 31 December last year" (para 7). "Although globally there are more homicides of men than women, the home is the most dangerous place for women and girls, she said. Sixty per cent of women are killed by their partners or family members, compared with 12% of men" (para 8). "'The Micaela Law was created because Micaela’s femicide, like so many others, could have been avoided if the people involved in the days, months and years before had made decisions with a gender perspective,' said Nestor García,...more
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"[I]t notes with concern: (a) The prevalence of gender-based violence against women in the State party, including femicides, disappearances and psychological and sexual violence" (6).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"[I]t notes with concern: (a) The prevalence of gender-based violence against women in the State party, including femicides, disappearances and psychological and sexual violence" (6).
Jan. 28, 2025, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1, DV-PRACTICE-2, DV-DATA-1
"The local committees for the provision of immediate care and follow-up in high-risk cases involving violence against women, a strategy set out in the national policy for addressing and preventing violence against women, have proved to be effective in ensuring the immediate protection of women at risk of femicide and carrying out subsequent monitoring and follow-up of such cases. In 2019, three new committees were established in the cantons of Garabito, Los Chiles and San Carlos, in the north of the country. There are currently 19 committees operating throughout the country. According to the domestic violence courts, the committees provided assistance to 377 women in 2019" (5).more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1, DV-PRACTICE-2, DV-DATA-1
"The local committees for the provision of immediate care and follow-up in high-risk cases involving violence against women, a strategy set out in the national policy for addressing and preventing violence against women, have proved to be effective in ensuring the immediate protection of women at risk of femicide and carrying out subsequent monitoring and follow-up of such cases. In 2019, three new committees were established in the cantons of Garabito, Los Chiles and San Carlos, in the north of the country. There are currently 19 committees operating throughout the country. According to the domestic violence courts, the committees provided assistance to 377 women in 2019" (5).more
Jan. 25, 2025, 12:56 p.m.
Countries: Cote D'Ivoire
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"In Ivory Coast, a survey by the nonprofit Citizens for the Promotion and Defence of the Rights of Children, Women and Minorities (CPDEFM), found that more than 416 femicides took place across six of Abidjan’s 13 communes between 2019 and 2020" (para 13).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"In Ivory Coast, a survey by the nonprofit Citizens for the Promotion and Defence of the Rights of Children, Women and Minorities (CPDEFM), found that more than 416 femicides took place across six of Abidjan’s 13 communes between 2019 and 2020" (para 13).
Jan. 24, 2025, 8:43 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The deaths of three women in one week, all allegedly murdered by their husbands, has caused outrage in Somalia and sparked days of protests over the country’s femicide rates. Police have named the suspects in all three killings, which took place in the first week of February, as the dead women’s husbands. Two of the victims were pregnant. Even in a country where – after more than three decades of conflict – death and violence are part of everyday life, there have been demonstrations in the capital, Mogadishu, with protesters holding up placards showing photos of Lul Abdi Aziz Jazirain her hospital bed. The 28-year-old had been doused with petrol...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The deaths of three women in one week, all allegedly murdered by their husbands, has caused outrage in Somalia and sparked days of protests over the country’s femicide rates. Police have named the suspects in all three killings, which took place in the first week of February, as the dead women’s husbands. Two of the victims were pregnant. Even in a country where – after more than three decades of conflict – death and violence are part of everyday life, there have been demonstrations in the capital, Mogadishu, with protesters holding up placards showing photos of Lul Abdi Aziz Jazirain her hospital bed. The 28-year-old had been doused with petrol...more
Jan. 24, 2025, 8:26 p.m.
Countries: Papua New Guinea
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"When they came for her the second time, Angeline Kepari Leniata could not escape the mob determined to torture and burn her alive as a 'witch'. It was time for her to die: to pack her mouth with rags, blindfold her, bind her limbs and tie her to a pole and carry her to the place where they burn women accused of witchcraft: the Warakum Junction rubbish dump in south central Mount Hagen. Angeline had fled sorcery rumours in her remote village in Enga Province and sought sanctuary in Mount Hagen, in Papua New Guinea's Western Highlands, but the allegations she was a witch had followed her there" (para 1-3)....more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"When they came for her the second time, Angeline Kepari Leniata could not escape the mob determined to torture and burn her alive as a 'witch'. It was time for her to die: to pack her mouth with rags, blindfold her, bind her limbs and tie her to a pole and carry her to the place where they burn women accused of witchcraft: the Warakum Junction rubbish dump in south central Mount Hagen. Angeline had fled sorcery rumours in her remote village in Enga Province and sought sanctuary in Mount Hagen, in Papua New Guinea's Western Highlands, but the allegations she was a witch had followed her there" (para 1-3)....more
Jan. 24, 2025, 7:48 p.m.
Countries: Mexico
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Jeysol Amaya was stabbed 37 times by her former partner and spent two months in intensive care. Amaya is still coping with emotional trauma from the 2015 attack, along with hospital and legal bills she incurred in her fight for justice" (para 1). "Amaya is a survivor of attempted femicide, a hate crime defined as the intentional killing of women and girls because of their gender. In Mexico, some 10 women and girls are killed every day by intimate partners or other family members, according to government data" (para 3-4). "According to the documentary, Mexican prosecutors over the last eight years have opened 1.7 million criminal investigations for beatings, burns,...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Jeysol Amaya was stabbed 37 times by her former partner and spent two months in intensive care. Amaya is still coping with emotional trauma from the 2015 attack, along with hospital and legal bills she incurred in her fight for justice" (para 1). "Amaya is a survivor of attempted femicide, a hate crime defined as the intentional killing of women and girls because of their gender. In Mexico, some 10 women and girls are killed every day by intimate partners or other family members, according to government data" (para 3-4). "According to the documentary, Mexican prosecutors over the last eight years have opened 1.7 million criminal investigations for beatings, burns,...more
Jan. 24, 2025, 7:43 p.m.
Countries: Chile
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"In Chile, the average death rate in violence has been close to 25% in the last two years: one in four attempts at murder ended with the death of the woman. In recent years, cases of femicide have remained fairly constant although always increasing (46 cases in 2019)" (6).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"In Chile, the average death rate in violence has been close to 25% in the last two years: one in four attempts at murder ended with the death of the woman. In recent years, cases of femicide have remained fairly constant although always increasing (46 cases in 2019)" (6).
Jan. 24, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Daesh intentionally targeted Yazidi women and girls for destruction with acts including killing, rape, forcible transfer, and enslavement" (6).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Daesh intentionally targeted Yazidi women and girls for destruction with acts including killing, rape, forcible transfer, and enslavement" (6).