Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09AMMAN1618
2009-07-20 05:14:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Amman
Cable title:
JORDAN: TWO NEW HONOR CRIME KILLINGS
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UNCLAS AMMAN 001618
SIPDIS
FOR NEA/ELA
STATE PASS USAID
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM KWMN KJUS EAID JO
SUBJECT: JORDAN: TWO NEW HONOR CRIME KILLINGS
REF: A. AMMAN 1558
B. AMMAN 1318
C. AMMAN 471
D. 08 AMMAN 3280
E. 03 AMMAN 6027
UNCLAS AMMAN 001618
SIPDIS
FOR NEA/ELA
STATE PASS USAID
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM KWMN KJUS EAID JO
SUBJECT: JORDAN: TWO NEW HONOR CRIME KILLINGS
REF: A. AMMAN 1558
B. AMMAN 1318
C. AMMAN 471
D. 08 AMMAN 3280
E. 03 AMMAN 6027
1. (U) On July 9, two Jordanian women were killed at the
hands of their brothers "in defense of family honor." In the
first case, the woman had previously been placed in
protective custody by Jordanian authorities. She was then
released into the custody of her brother in East Amman after
he promised that she would be protected. Shortly thereafter,
he fatally stabbed her and smashed her head with a rock. In
his confession, he said that he killed her because of her
"immoral" behavior, (i.e., talking to a man outside her
home.) Also on July 9, another woman was stabbed to death in
the Jordan River Valley by her 24-year-old brother, who
believed she was having an affair.
2. (U) These two most recent deaths bring the total number of
victims for this year to thirteen. In 2008, a total of
eighteen honor crimes were reported in Jordan.
Visit Amman,s Classified Website at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/amman
Beecroft
SIPDIS
FOR NEA/ELA
STATE PASS USAID
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM KWMN KJUS EAID JO
SUBJECT: JORDAN: TWO NEW HONOR CRIME KILLINGS
REF: A. AMMAN 1558
B. AMMAN 1318
C. AMMAN 471
D. 08 AMMAN 3280
E. 03 AMMAN 6027
1. (U) On July 9, two Jordanian women were killed at the
hands of their brothers "in defense of family honor." In the
first case, the woman had previously been placed in
protective custody by Jordanian authorities. She was then
released into the custody of her brother in East Amman after
he promised that she would be protected. Shortly thereafter,
he fatally stabbed her and smashed her head with a rock. In
his confession, he said that he killed her because of her
"immoral" behavior, (i.e., talking to a man outside her
home.) Also on July 9, another woman was stabbed to death in
the Jordan River Valley by her 24-year-old brother, who
believed she was having an affair.
2. (U) These two most recent deaths bring the total number of
victims for this year to thirteen. In 2008, a total of
eighteen honor crimes were reported in Jordan.
Visit Amman,s Classified Website at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/amman
Beecroft