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Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Court reduces 'honor killing' sentences, activists protest

"Court reduces 'honor killing' sentences, activists protest

(Turkish Daily News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)A Turkish court has handed down reduced prison sentences to the brother and two cousins of a victim of a gruesome honor killing, sparking angry protest from campaigners working to end the practice of honor killings.

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Rights campaigners on Saturday said that penalties like those decided by a southeastern court on Friday failed to discourage the slaying of women by relatives in a traditional act to 'cleanse' family honor."

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