HONOUR KILLINGS

A shocking information that more than 1000 young peoplein India are being killed every year due ti this mrnace linked to forced marriages.
According to chandigarh based lawyers, honour killings happen with regularity in Punjab,Haryana and western uttar pradesh and most of them are not reported for feat of ostracism from the local community.They happen not only with in the muslim community but also among sikhs and Hindus. Hariyana,Punjab and Uttar pradesh account for about 900 honour killings and another 100 to300 in the rest of the country.
Forced marriages and honour killings are often interwined. Marriage can be forced to save honour, and women can be murdered for rejecting a forced marriage and marrying a partner of their ownchoice who is not acceptaable for the family of the girl. In traditional societies, honour killings are basically justified as a sanction for dishonurable behaviour.
The forced marriages of honour killings’ the social dimensions and implications are the same. Forced and early young girls in relationships that deprive them of their basic human rights. Forced marriage constitutes a human rights violation in itself.
Several reasons lead to the high frequency of forced marriages. Traditions prescribe that it is the parents who are responsible for the marriage of their children. Parents are generally believed to have a better knowledge of what is goode for their children which is the reason why the pratice of arranged marriages is still prevalent throughout the country marriage is not considered to be an individual affair but a family affair
Prof.John Kurakar