Friday, May 20, 2011

Harsh West Bank `honor killing' brings tougher law (AP)



Palestinian Fatma Baradiya, the mother of Aya, holds a picture of her daughter as she talks during an interview with the Associated Press, at her home in the West Bank town of Surif, near Hebron, Thursday, May 19, 2011. A 20-year-old English literature student who was thrown into a well in the name of 'family honor' did not just become another statistic in one of the Middle East's most shameful practices. The killing of Aya Baradiya, by an uncle who didn't like a potential suitor, sparked such outrage that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas this week scrapped laws guaranteeing leniency for killers. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)AP - A 20-year-old Palestinian woman who was thrown into a well and left to die in the name of "family honor" has not become just another statistic in one of the Middle East's most shameful practices.




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