Latest items for MURDER-PRACTICE-2
April 12, 2024, 5:14 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"Sixty-one per cent of victims had separated from their partner. In each case, this was at the instigation of the woman" (para 73).
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"Sixty-one per cent of victims had separated from their partner. In each case, this was at the instigation of the woman" (para 73).
Jan. 19, 2024, 12:06 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"Elderly women without family support are often accused of witchcraft and are the main victims of abuses by ill-intentioned people who favour mob or private justice" (33). These incidents can result in the death of the victim (MV-coder comment).
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"Elderly women without family support are often accused of witchcraft and are the main victims of abuses by ill-intentioned people who favour mob or private justice" (33). These incidents can result in the death of the victim (MV-coder comment).
Nov. 3, 2023, 11:41 a.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
“She has had to leave her home because her address was leaked, and she was receiving so many death threats. The ones that stick with her, she says, are from the people who threaten to feed her acid or pour it in her face. It has been the hardest six months of her life, she admits, after experiencing first-hand the sexism and misogyny that pervades politics” (para 12). Threats indicate that these actions already take place (ET - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
“She has had to leave her home because her address was leaked, and she was receiving so many death threats. The ones that stick with her, she says, are from the people who threaten to feed her acid or pour it in her face. It has been the hardest six months of her life, she admits, after experiencing first-hand the sexism and misogyny that pervades politics” (para 12). Threats indicate that these actions already take place (ET - CODER COMMENT).
Sept. 6, 2023, 5:32 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2, MURDER-DATA-2
"According to the National Crime Records Bureau, 35,493 brides were killed in India between 2017 and 2022 - an average of 20 women a day - for bringing in insufficient dowry" (para 21).
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2, MURDER-DATA-2
"According to the National Crime Records Bureau, 35,493 brides were killed in India between 2017 and 2022 - an average of 20 women a day - for bringing in insufficient dowry" (para 21).
May 12, 2023, 11:01 a.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
Every two-and-a-half days a woman in Germany dies at the hands of her partner or former partner, according to figures presented on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. (Para.1).
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
Every two-and-a-half days a woman in Germany dies at the hands of her partner or former partner, according to figures presented on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. (Para.1).
April 17, 2023, 2:24 p.m.
Countries: Mexico
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"Experts and advocates say the rampant killings and history of femicide in Mexico can be attributed to deep-rooted cultural machismo, systemic gender inequality and latent domestic violence, as well as a justice system riddled with problems — police officers who won’t take reports about missing women, clumsy or nonexistent investigations, prosecutors and judges who revictimize women." (para 6). "Still, despite 15 years of recognition of the problem of femicides and efforts to address it, the violence 'persists and there are no clear signs that it is declining,' the Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean, part of the United Nations, said in a recent report. María de la...more
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"Experts and advocates say the rampant killings and history of femicide in Mexico can be attributed to deep-rooted cultural machismo, systemic gender inequality and latent domestic violence, as well as a justice system riddled with problems — police officers who won’t take reports about missing women, clumsy or nonexistent investigations, prosecutors and judges who revictimize women." (para 6). "Still, despite 15 years of recognition of the problem of femicides and efforts to address it, the violence 'persists and there are no clear signs that it is declining,' the Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean, part of the United Nations, said in a recent report. María de la...more
April 3, 2023, 11:29 a.m.
Countries: Mexico
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"Ríos, 29, thought her career as a musician and her devotion to her saxophone were what led her former boyfriend — an influential politician — to hire the men who splashed acid onto her face and body, disfiguring her. Later, she learned he simply couldn’t accept that she had broken off their relationship." (para 2). "'We are reconciling, little by little,' Ríos said of the musical instrument. 'I hated it, because I thought it was responsible' for the 2019 attack in Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca. She’s performed live since then, but still wears a mask covering her lower face.'It bothered my attacker a lot that I was a musician,'...more
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"Ríos, 29, thought her career as a musician and her devotion to her saxophone were what led her former boyfriend — an influential politician — to hire the men who splashed acid onto her face and body, disfiguring her. Later, she learned he simply couldn’t accept that she had broken off their relationship." (para 2). "'We are reconciling, little by little,' Ríos said of the musical instrument. 'I hated it, because I thought it was responsible' for the 2019 attack in Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca. She’s performed live since then, but still wears a mask covering her lower face.'It bothered my attacker a lot that I was a musician,'...more
Feb. 19, 2023, 11:17 a.m.
Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
“The incidence and severity of violence against women in Bulgaria remain higher than the average of all countries in the European Union (EU). Since 2019 at least two women each month have died from domestic violence, and there has been an increase in violence against women and children since the beginning of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Despite the scale of the problem, an estimated 70 to 80% of cases of violence against women still go unreported” (first paragraph).
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
“The incidence and severity of violence against women in Bulgaria remain higher than the average of all countries in the European Union (EU). Since 2019 at least two women each month have died from domestic violence, and there has been an increase in violence against women and children since the beginning of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Despite the scale of the problem, an estimated 70 to 80% of cases of violence against women still go unreported” (first paragraph).
Feb. 18, 2023, 10:46 a.m.
Countries: Canada
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"A community in rural Canada has made a series of transformative recommendations at a coroner’s inquest that – if adopted – could position the country’s most populous province as a leader in preventing femicides, particularly those carried out by an intimate partner" (Para.1). "The jury in Renfrew County, Ontario, just west of Canada’s capital, delivered 86 recommendations this week in a unanimous verdict on the deaths of three local women, who were killed by the same man on a single morning nearly seven years ago" (Para.2). "The boldest was to have the Ontario government 'formally declare intimate partner violence as an epidemic' that requires 'significant financial investment' and deep systemic...more
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"A community in rural Canada has made a series of transformative recommendations at a coroner’s inquest that – if adopted – could position the country’s most populous province as a leader in preventing femicides, particularly those carried out by an intimate partner" (Para.1). "The jury in Renfrew County, Ontario, just west of Canada’s capital, delivered 86 recommendations this week in a unanimous verdict on the deaths of three local women, who were killed by the same man on a single morning nearly seven years ago" (Para.2). "The boldest was to have the Ontario government 'formally declare intimate partner violence as an epidemic' that requires 'significant financial investment' and deep systemic...more
Feb. 18, 2023, 10:25 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"The man walked into a barbecue restaurant in northern China and approached a table of three women. He put his hand on the back of one, who shook him off. In response, he slapped her — then, with several other men, savagely beat her and the other women, hitting them with chairs, kicking them and dragging them outdoors" (Para.1). "[T]he brutal attack ... left two women hospitalized.Women flooded social media with their outrage and terror at the threat of sexual violence that looms over everyday life" (Para.2). "Last year, the tennis player Peng Shuai disappeared from public view after accusing a high-ranking former Chinese leader of coercing her into sex"...more
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"The man walked into a barbecue restaurant in northern China and approached a table of three women. He put his hand on the back of one, who shook him off. In response, he slapped her — then, with several other men, savagely beat her and the other women, hitting them with chairs, kicking them and dragging them outdoors" (Para.1). "[T]he brutal attack ... left two women hospitalized.Women flooded social media with their outrage and terror at the threat of sexual violence that looms over everyday life" (Para.2). "Last year, the tennis player Peng Shuai disappeared from public view after accusing a high-ranking former Chinese leader of coercing her into sex"...more
Feb. 4, 2023, 8:40 a.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"[There is a] persistence of harmful practices that discriminate against women, such as child marriage, temporary marriage (mut’ah marriage, in which marriage is terminated after a specified period), forced marriage, female genital mutilation and crimes committed in the name of 'honour'." (5).
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"[There is a] persistence of harmful practices that discriminate against women, such as child marriage, temporary marriage (mut’ah marriage, in which marriage is terminated after a specified period), forced marriage, female genital mutilation and crimes committed in the name of 'honour'." (5).
Feb. 2, 2023, 1:11 p.m.
Countries: Austria
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"The Committee welcomes the adoption by the State party of the Protection against Violence Law and the creation of the Inter-Ministerial Working Group on the Protection of Women against Violence. The Committee notes the following with concern, however: (a) The high number of femicides in the State party and the lack of comprehensive and updated statistical data on the phenomenon" (6).
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"The Committee welcomes the adoption by the State party of the Protection against Violence Law and the creation of the Inter-Ministerial Working Group on the Protection of Women against Violence. The Committee notes the following with concern, however: (a) The high number of femicides in the State party and the lack of comprehensive and updated statistical data on the phenomenon" (6).
Jan. 21, 2023, 8:08 a.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"Her father-in-law blinded her by throwing acid on her face" (para 1). "Ameneh Bahrami, was blinded by a man after rejecting his offer of marriage" (para 9).
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"Her father-in-law blinded her by throwing acid on her face" (para 1). "Ameneh Bahrami, was blinded by a man after rejecting his offer of marriage" (para 9).
Jan. 18, 2023, 11:20 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"Amini was visiting Tehran with her family on 13 September when she was arrested by morality police for allegedly violating the country’s strict hijab law. Her family were told she would be released from the police station after a 're-education session'. Witnesses reported that Amini was beaten in the detention van, an allegation the police deny" (para 8-9). The taliban has a tendency to physically harm arrested individuals (MV-coder comment).
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"Amini was visiting Tehran with her family on 13 September when she was arrested by morality police for allegedly violating the country’s strict hijab law. Her family were told she would be released from the police station after a 're-education session'. Witnesses reported that Amini was beaten in the detention van, an allegation the police deny" (para 8-9). The taliban has a tendency to physically harm arrested individuals (MV-coder comment).
Jan. 12, 2023, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: Nepal
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"“Who will complain? We have seen places where life has no value. I saw with my own eyes that women who consistently refused to entertain clients or tried to flee were killed and their bodies were shoved inside gutters. A client burnt my two-year-old son’s tongue with a cigarette. He is seven years old now and still cannot speak properly. When we are rescued back and brought to rehabilitation centres, we do not speak of the past. We try to forget it. We try to convince ourselves that such horrible things did not happen to us,” says Rekha, a woman in her 30s, whose kidney was sold and then she...more
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"“Who will complain? We have seen places where life has no value. I saw with my own eyes that women who consistently refused to entertain clients or tried to flee were killed and their bodies were shoved inside gutters. A client burnt my two-year-old son’s tongue with a cigarette. He is seven years old now and still cannot speak properly. When we are rescued back and brought to rehabilitation centres, we do not speak of the past. We try to forget it. We try to convince ourselves that such horrible things did not happen to us,” says Rekha, a woman in her 30s, whose kidney was sold and then she...more
Jan. 6, 2023, 8:24 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2, MURDER-DATA-2
"[Women's rights group] Equality says that between 2016 and 2019 at least three women died of domestic violence every five days in China, the latest grim statistic in what has been a festering issue" (para 26).
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2, MURDER-DATA-2
"[Women's rights group] Equality says that between 2016 and 2019 at least three women died of domestic violence every five days in China, the latest grim statistic in what has been a festering issue" (para 26).
Jan. 6, 2023, 5:48 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"At least 26 per cent of those executed this year are members of the impoverished Baluchi ethnic minority which makes up only five per cent of the total Iranian population" (para 16). "Roya Boroumand, executive director of the centre, said: 'The disproportionate use of the death penalty against Iran's Baluchi minority epitomizes the entrenched discrimination and repression they have faced for decades and further highlights the inherent cruelty of the death penalty, which targets the most vulnerable populations in Iran and worldwide'" (para 17).
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"At least 26 per cent of those executed this year are members of the impoverished Baluchi ethnic minority which makes up only five per cent of the total Iranian population" (para 16). "Roya Boroumand, executive director of the centre, said: 'The disproportionate use of the death penalty against Iran's Baluchi minority epitomizes the entrenched discrimination and repression they have faced for decades and further highlights the inherent cruelty of the death penalty, which targets the most vulnerable populations in Iran and worldwide'" (para 17).
Dec. 28, 2022, 11:42 a.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"Pregnant women with dangerous medical conditions are showing up in hospitals and doctors’ offices only to be denied the abortions that could help treat them. Some doctors in states with restrictive abortion laws say they’ve referred or suggested more patients go elsewhere than ever. Some women are facing harmful, potentially deadly delays" (para 5). "[A health care worker] told of an ectopic pregnancy that was allowed to grow on a scar left by a previous cesarean section – which can cause uterine rupture, hemorrhage and death" (para 11).
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"Pregnant women with dangerous medical conditions are showing up in hospitals and doctors’ offices only to be denied the abortions that could help treat them. Some doctors in states with restrictive abortion laws say they’ve referred or suggested more patients go elsewhere than ever. Some women are facing harmful, potentially deadly delays" (para 5). "[A health care worker] told of an ectopic pregnancy that was allowed to grow on a scar left by a previous cesarean section – which can cause uterine rupture, hemorrhage and death" (para 11).
Dec. 26, 2022, 4:41 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"Many female victims are scared to run or reject the marriage proposals because some sort of ritual is attached to this strange tradition. They run the risk of being punished or may die if they don’t succumb" (para 17).
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"Many female victims are scared to run or reject the marriage proposals because some sort of ritual is attached to this strange tradition. They run the risk of being punished or may die if they don’t succumb" (para 17).
Dec. 19, 2022, 5:54 p.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"Immediate complications [of female gential mutilation] can include severe pain, excessive bleeding, infections, urinary problems, shock, and even death" (para 33).
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"Immediate complications [of female gential mutilation] can include severe pain, excessive bleeding, infections, urinary problems, shock, and even death" (para 33).
Dec. 19, 2022, 1:02 p.m.
Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2, DV-PRACTICE-1
“NGOs criticized authorities for not tracking domestic violence cases and not keeping statistics, which NGOs claimed were needed for authorities to assess the risk of abuse turning deadly” (22).
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2, DV-PRACTICE-1
“NGOs criticized authorities for not tracking domestic violence cases and not keeping statistics, which NGOs claimed were needed for authorities to assess the risk of abuse turning deadly” (22).
Dec. 19, 2022, 1:02 p.m.
Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2, DV-PRACTICE-1
“NGOs criticized authorities for not tracking domestic violence cases and not keeping statistics, which NGOs claimed were needed for authorities to assess the risk of abuse turning deadly” (22).
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2, DV-PRACTICE-1
“NGOs criticized authorities for not tracking domestic violence cases and not keeping statistics, which NGOs claimed were needed for authorities to assess the risk of abuse turning deadly” (22).
Dec. 17, 2022, 10:07 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"[W]omen seeking justice have become the target of new policies of persecution... 'Female relatives were generally the ones to file complaints about the murder of their family members, or to seek information about their whereabouts. They were threatened and intimidated during these processes'... [O]fficers told one female relative after she filed a complaint that she should ‘leave it at that, because the family was very big and she should think about those who were left’... 'Another woman received a text message a few hours after filing a complaint that said, ‘I’m watching you from the corner. You’re going to wake up with flies in your moth’, while other 'reported they...more
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"[W]omen seeking justice have become the target of new policies of persecution... 'Female relatives were generally the ones to file complaints about the murder of their family members, or to seek information about their whereabouts. They were threatened and intimidated during these processes'... [O]fficers told one female relative after she filed a complaint that she should ‘leave it at that, because the family was very big and she should think about those who were left’... 'Another woman received a text message a few hours after filing a complaint that said, ‘I’m watching you from the corner. You’re going to wake up with flies in your moth’, while other 'reported they...more
May 16, 2022, 8:25 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"Putin's band of thugs have been linked to a string of horrific atrocities across Ukraine, including the brutal rape and murder of women and children, often in front of their own family members. Moscow has denied the claims" (Para. 14). "The same attacker allegedly raped and killed another woman in the same village, slitting her throat in an evacuated home" (Para. 39). "The clip, shared on Telegram and Twitter by Ukrainian Interior Ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko, showed the inside of a house where Tetiana Zadorozhniak is thought to have been slaughtered in the town of Makariv, 30 miles from Kyiv, last month" (Para. 44). "After days of torture, one of...more
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"Putin's band of thugs have been linked to a string of horrific atrocities across Ukraine, including the brutal rape and murder of women and children, often in front of their own family members. Moscow has denied the claims" (Para. 14). "The same attacker allegedly raped and killed another woman in the same village, slitting her throat in an evacuated home" (Para. 39). "The clip, shared on Telegram and Twitter by Ukrainian Interior Ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko, showed the inside of a house where Tetiana Zadorozhniak is thought to have been slaughtered in the town of Makariv, 30 miles from Kyiv, last month" (Para. 44). "After days of torture, one of...more
March 25, 2022, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Kosovo
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"The Prosecution Victim Assistance Office reported an increased number of homicides in domestic violence cases" (22).
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"The Prosecution Victim Assistance Office reported an increased number of homicides in domestic violence cases" (22).
March 11, 2022, 9:21 p.m.
Countries: Iceland
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2, MURDER-DATA-1
"During the COVID-19 pandemic—reflecting trends globally—reports of domestic violence in Iceland have risen; two women were allegedly murdered by family members in the first weeks of the country’s partial lockdown, a significant spike for a country of just 360,000 people. While globally 38 percent of murders of women are committed by a male partner, according to the Commissioner of National Police this figure is 50 percent for Iceland. Of course, not all instances of domestic violence result in death or visits to the hospital, and like in other countries, a large percentage of cases of domestic abuse go unreported for a variety of reasons, including fear of retribution" (Para. 4).more
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2, MURDER-DATA-1
"During the COVID-19 pandemic—reflecting trends globally—reports of domestic violence in Iceland have risen; two women were allegedly murdered by family members in the first weeks of the country’s partial lockdown, a significant spike for a country of just 360,000 people. While globally 38 percent of murders of women are committed by a male partner, according to the Commissioner of National Police this figure is 50 percent for Iceland. Of course, not all instances of domestic violence result in death or visits to the hospital, and like in other countries, a large percentage of cases of domestic abuse go unreported for a variety of reasons, including fear of retribution" (Para. 4).more
March 10, 2022, 8:04 p.m.
Countries: Mozambique
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"It was revealed earlier this year that girls as young as 11 were being beheaded by the militants" (Para. 19).
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"It was revealed earlier this year that girls as young as 11 were being beheaded by the militants" (Para. 19).
March 4, 2022, 6:57 p.m.
Countries: Fiji
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"...Rape (including spousal rape), domestic abuse, incest, and sexual harassment were significant problems. As of June, the Fiji Women’s Crisis Center recorded 295 domestic-violence cases; the center reported that eight women died in domestic-violence incidents as of September" (15).
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"...Rape (including spousal rape), domestic abuse, incest, and sexual harassment were significant problems. As of June, the Fiji Women’s Crisis Center recorded 295 domestic-violence cases; the center reported that eight women died in domestic-violence incidents as of September" (15).
March 2, 2022, 2:03 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"At least eight of those women died while in custody, four of whom were tortured to death in an interrogation centre" (Para. 6). "Soe May said she was also repeatedly pressed for details of her sex life. One interrogator threatened: 'Do you know what we do to the women that end up here? We rape and kill them'" (Para. 12).
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"At least eight of those women died while in custody, four of whom were tortured to death in an interrogation centre" (Para. 6). "Soe May said she was also repeatedly pressed for details of her sex life. One interrogator threatened: 'Do you know what we do to the women that end up here? We rape and kill them'" (Para. 12).
Feb. 24, 2022, 10:11 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"The law augments both imprisonment and fines if a crime causes 'transitory or permanent physical disfigurement,' such as acid attacks, which have a penalty of up to 50 years in prison" (25). This indicates that acid attacks may take place (JLR-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"The law augments both imprisonment and fines if a crime causes 'transitory or permanent physical disfigurement,' such as acid attacks, which have a penalty of up to 50 years in prison" (25). This indicates that acid attacks may take place (JLR-CODER COMMENT).