Latest items for MURDER-DATA-1
April 17, 2025, 4:55 p.m.
Countries: Bolivia
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, LRW-DATA-1, MURDER-DATA-1
"Nevertheless, the Committee notes with concern… The high incidence of gender-based violence, in particular femicide and sexual violence, as well as widespread impunity for perpetrators" (7).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, LRW-DATA-1, MURDER-DATA-1
"Nevertheless, the Committee notes with concern… The high incidence of gender-based violence, in particular femicide and sexual violence, as well as widespread impunity for perpetrators" (7).
April 16, 2025, 8:34 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Analysis of data from the Ministry of Interior, for the period June 2019 to July 2020, shows that the victims of nearly 70% of family and intimate partner homicides were women. In November 2020, in during an event organised by the Commissione Parlamentare d’inchiesta sul femminicidio, Prime Minister Conte raised the alarm over the fact that during the COVID-19 lockdown the number of femicides had tripled, reaching the disturbing average of one woman being murdered every two days. He added that this rate is even more disturbing considering that during the lockdown there had been a decline in the overall rate of homicides in Italy. In January 2021, it was...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Analysis of data from the Ministry of Interior, for the period June 2019 to July 2020, shows that the victims of nearly 70% of family and intimate partner homicides were women. In November 2020, in during an event organised by the Commissione Parlamentare d’inchiesta sul femminicidio, Prime Minister Conte raised the alarm over the fact that during the COVID-19 lockdown the number of femicides had tripled, reaching the disturbing average of one woman being murdered every two days. He added that this rate is even more disturbing considering that during the lockdown there had been a decline in the overall rate of homicides in Italy. In January 2021, it was...more
April 10, 2025, 8:23 p.m.
Countries: Pakistan
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"A spate of deaths of women in northwestern Pakistan has put the spotlight on so-called honor killings in the South Asian country. Each year, hundreds of women and girls are killed in Pakistan, often by relatives who say they are protecting the family's honor. Despite stricter laws and public outrage in the Muslim-majority country, human rights groups say such killings continue. In the latest case, police said they have charged a man for murdering his 18-year-old daughter on the orders of a jirga, or tribal council, because she had appeared in a photo with unrelated men on social media. Police said three others -- the victim's uncle and two cousins...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"A spate of deaths of women in northwestern Pakistan has put the spotlight on so-called honor killings in the South Asian country. Each year, hundreds of women and girls are killed in Pakistan, often by relatives who say they are protecting the family's honor. Despite stricter laws and public outrage in the Muslim-majority country, human rights groups say such killings continue. In the latest case, police said they have charged a man for murdering his 18-year-old daughter on the orders of a jirga, or tribal council, because she had appeared in a photo with unrelated men on social media. Police said three others -- the victim's uncle and two cousins...more
April 10, 2025, 7:06 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"In particular, it notes with concern: (a) The persistence of femicides" (6).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"In particular, it notes with concern: (a) The persistence of femicides" (6).
April 10, 2025, 10:05 a.m.
Countries: India
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"On 4 May, the same day that the women in the video were attacked, two Kuki women, aged 20 and 24, were working in a carwash in a village 20 miles away when a braying, angry Meitei mob, armed with knives and sticks, came hunting for them. Eyewitnesses and relatives told the Observer that the two women were thrashed and gang-raped, goaded on by Meitei women in the mob. 'They were like beasts. I cannot comprehend how someone can be so brutal,' said one co-worker. 'The most shocking part was the women in the mob who were shouting slogans: ‘kill, kill these tribals’ while they were being raped.' The two...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"On 4 May, the same day that the women in the video were attacked, two Kuki women, aged 20 and 24, were working in a carwash in a village 20 miles away when a braying, angry Meitei mob, armed with knives and sticks, came hunting for them. Eyewitnesses and relatives told the Observer that the two women were thrashed and gang-raped, goaded on by Meitei women in the mob. 'They were like beasts. I cannot comprehend how someone can be so brutal,' said one co-worker. 'The most shocking part was the women in the mob who were shouting slogans: ‘kill, kill these tribals’ while they were being raped.' The two...more
April 9, 2025, 10:31 p.m.
Countries: Guinea-Bissau
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-1, MURDER-DATA-1
"Eight women accused of witchcraft in the West African state of Guinea-Bissau have died of poisoning in the remote north, a senior official told AFP on Thursday. After a sudden illness took the lives of two youngsters at Culade, in the Cacheu region, women were blamed and an animist priest forced them to drink poison. The eight women, all aged over 50, died and 21 others were hospitalised at the local capital Sao Domingos, said Carlos Sanha, a senior administrative official in the town. 'It keeps recurring in this area,' where traditional animist beliefs remain strong, Sanha said" (para 1-4). "During the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021, four people died in...more
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-1, MURDER-DATA-1
"Eight women accused of witchcraft in the West African state of Guinea-Bissau have died of poisoning in the remote north, a senior official told AFP on Thursday. After a sudden illness took the lives of two youngsters at Culade, in the Cacheu region, women were blamed and an animist priest forced them to drink poison. The eight women, all aged over 50, died and 21 others were hospitalised at the local capital Sao Domingos, said Carlos Sanha, a senior administrative official in the town. 'It keeps recurring in this area,' where traditional animist beliefs remain strong, Sanha said" (para 1-4). "During the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021, four people died in...more
April 4, 2025, 9:14 a.m.
Countries: El Salvador
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The Public Prosecution Service reports that 6,868 cases involving acts of violence against women were brought before the ordinary courts between June 2019 and July 2020... It also reports that there were 94 prosecutions for cases of femicide and attempted femicide, which corresponds to 1 per cent of the total" (27). "[There has been a] rise in the number of femicides" (33).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The Public Prosecution Service reports that 6,868 cases involving acts of violence against women were brought before the ordinary courts between June 2019 and July 2020... It also reports that there were 94 prosecutions for cases of femicide and attempted femicide, which corresponds to 1 per cent of the total" (27). "[There has been a] rise in the number of femicides" (33).
April 2, 2025, 5:23 p.m.
Countries: Dominican Republic
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The Dominican Republic is the fifth country in Latin America with the highest rate of femicide per 100,000 women, after El Salvador, Honduras, Bolivia and Guatemala . According to the Attorney General's Office (PGR), 1,444 femicides were recorded between 2005 and 2019. In 2019, there were 77,837 complaints of gender and domestic violence, 6,914 complaints of sexual offences, 77 femicides and 19,908 protection orders issued . Most of the victims of femicide had not filed complaints" (4). "These agreements, only in 2019, claimed the lives of Anibel González and Juana Domínguez, whose perpetrators were benefited by abbreviated criminal agreements despite the fact that the figure did not legally qualify for...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The Dominican Republic is the fifth country in Latin America with the highest rate of femicide per 100,000 women, after El Salvador, Honduras, Bolivia and Guatemala . According to the Attorney General's Office (PGR), 1,444 femicides were recorded between 2005 and 2019. In 2019, there were 77,837 complaints of gender and domestic violence, 6,914 complaints of sexual offences, 77 femicides and 19,908 protection orders issued . Most of the victims of femicide had not filed complaints" (4). "These agreements, only in 2019, claimed the lives of Anibel González and Juana Domínguez, whose perpetrators were benefited by abbreviated criminal agreements despite the fact that the figure did not legally qualify for...more
April 2, 2025, 5:22 p.m.
Countries: Bolivia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The Dominican Republic is the fifth country in Latin America with the highest rate of femicide per 100,000 women, after El Salvador, Honduras, Bolivia and Guatemala" (4).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The Dominican Republic is the fifth country in Latin America with the highest rate of femicide per 100,000 women, after El Salvador, Honduras, Bolivia and Guatemala" (4).
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1, DV-DATA-1
"It remains deeply concerned, however, about the high incidence of intimate partner violence against women, exacerbated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, noting that over the past two years the numbers of femicides, sexual violence and disappearances of young women increased exponentially" (8).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1, DV-DATA-1
"It remains deeply concerned, however, about the high incidence of intimate partner violence against women, exacerbated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, noting that over the past two years the numbers of femicides, sexual violence and disappearances of young women increased exponentially" (8).
March 27, 2025, 7:22 p.m.
Countries: Cambodia
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"In January 2019, NGO-CEDAW and an indigenous rights organization coordinated to support legal services for one indigenous woman in Mondulkiri when the authorities failed her. Her former boyfriend (who was Khmer) had strangled her and left her for dead in a ditch when he learned she was pregnant. Without the support of her family, NGOs and a private attorney, the survivor would not have known her legal rights. Collectively they pushed the matter until the perpetrator was tried and convicted of attempted murder" (3).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"In January 2019, NGO-CEDAW and an indigenous rights organization coordinated to support legal services for one indigenous woman in Mondulkiri when the authorities failed her. Her former boyfriend (who was Khmer) had strangled her and left her for dead in a ditch when he learned she was pregnant. Without the support of her family, NGOs and a private attorney, the survivor would not have known her legal rights. Collectively they pushed the matter until the perpetrator was tried and convicted of attempted murder" (3).
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