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Sadia Sheikh Age: 20 (Belgium). Shot to death by intended brother-in-law after refusing arranged marriage. November 2007. Hoda Salem (Egypt) Stabbed to death by husband after he ‘could not break her hymen’, Assuming she must not be a virgin December 14, 2007. Yasmeen Age: 33
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Sadia Sheikh Age: 20 (Belgium) Shot to death by intended brother-in-law after refusing arranged marriage.November 2007
Hoda Salem (Egypt) Stabbed to death by husband after he ‘could not break her hymen’, Assuming she must not be a virgin December 14, 2007
Yasmeen Age: 33 (Pakistan) Shot to death by brother, On suspicion of ‘illicit relations` February 17, 2008
ZN Age: 20 (Syria) Shot and killed by brother for conceiving out of wedlock April 29, 2008
Matma Singh Age: 12 (India) Beaten to death, body burnt and dumped in a well by father and uncles, for having a male schoolmate in her room April 2008
Aqsa Parvez Age: 16 (Canada) Beaten and strangled to death by father for refusing to wear a hijab to school December 12, 2007
Naseem Boota Age: 35 (Pakistan) Strangled by husband On suspicions of developing ‘illicit relations’ with a neighbour April 8, 2008
Rekha Govaki Age: 22 (India) Beaten and burnt alive by father and uncle For falling in love with a boy they did not approve of April 22, 2008
Rand Abdel-Qader Age: 17 (Iraq) Beaten and stabbed to death by father, for developing a friendship with a British soldier Father released March 2008
Khalidiya Age: 23 (Syria) Mother of two strangled to death by brother on suspicion of ‘illicit relations’ May 1, 2008
Ravinder Kaur Age: 18 (India) Beaten to death and crematedby parents for falling in love with a member of a ‘scheduled caste’ April 12, 2008
Shano Khan Malikdeenkhe (Pakistan) Stoned to death with partner Daulat by members of a ‘qazi court’ for the ‘crime of adultery’ March 2008
Hamda Abu Ghanem Age: 18 (Israel) Shot and killed by brotherfor ‘reasons of honour’: 8th female member of the Abu Ghanem clan to be killed in 7 years January 2008
Farzaneh Age: 17 (Iran) Beaten & then suffocated by father to ‘cleanse honour’ after she was kidnapped by her sister’s ex-husband. May 7, 2008
Sunita Age: 20 (India) Killed by family membersfor eloping with someone from the same villageMay 2008