Organization documents murder cases of Palestinian women; records 27 ‘honor’ killings in 2013
“[Attorney Ashraf] Abu Hayya [from the Women’s Center for Legal Aid and Counselling] noted the importance of accuracy when citing figures of femicide and said that the Women’s Center for Legal Aid and Counselling has been monitoring and documenting cases of femicide in Palestinian society, regardless of the circumstances of murder. [His statements were] directed at the sources speaking about statistics pertaining to the issue, which have noted that the number of cases of murder [perpetrated] from motives of what is referred to as ‘honor’ had reached 27 this year.
In addition, he stressed the need for accuracy and the need to distinguish between the number of female murder victims recorded by the Center and the circumstances of the murders, and said: ‘It is a mistake to think that all the women murdered were murdered for motives of what is referred to as honor.’
In addition, he noted that the number of female victims recorded by the Center over the course of this year [2013] has, so far, reached 27, and that it was still too early to establish the reasons and motives for these murders, since the reasons and motives are not immediately evident, but require a series of steps [involving] investigation, monitoring and documentation in order to be understood…
Attorney Latifa Sahwil… explained that these figures included [only] the cases of women known to the Center – [murders] into the circumstances of which it had carried out a process of investigation and documentation, and that these figures are likely to be inaccurate, since part of the murder investigations are secret and have not been made public, and since the Center faces serious difficulties in collecting and documenting information.”
In addition, he stressed the need for accuracy and the need to distinguish between the number of female murder victims recorded by the Center and the circumstances of the murders, and said: ‘It is a mistake to think that all the women murdered were murdered for motives of what is referred to as honor.’
In addition, he noted that the number of female victims recorded by the Center over the course of this year [2013] has, so far, reached 27, and that it was still too early to establish the reasons and motives for these murders, since the reasons and motives are not immediately evident, but require a series of steps [involving] investigation, monitoring and documentation in order to be understood…
Attorney Latifa Sahwil… explained that these figures included [only] the cases of women known to the Center – [murders] into the circumstances of which it had carried out a process of investigation and documentation, and that these figures are likely to be inaccurate, since part of the murder investigations are secret and have not been made public, and since the Center faces serious difficulties in collecting and documenting information.”