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Global Journalist: "Honor" Killings Under Fire


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About 5,000 women are killed each year in so-called "honor" killings around the world. These are crimes in which the victims, who are almost always female, are killed by family members - usually men - for bringing what they see as dishonor on the family. Pakistan and India have the highest rates of "honor" killings in the world. But a new law in Pakistan has made such killings illegal - and raised hopes that the government will address gender violence more effectively. On this edition of Global
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Global JournalistBy Jason McLure

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