“Progress” in Syria
MEN in Syria who offer an “honour killing” excuse for offing their female relatives will no longer have their sentences limited to a year .
They can now expect to serve a sentence of TWO years!
Justice Minister Ahmad Hamoud Younis said the change was made by the decree of President Bashar al-Assad, following a recent increase in “wife-killings … on the pretext of adultery”.
According to the BBC, the new law says a man can still plead extenuating circumstances in crimes of passion or honour, but will have to serve a prison term of no fewer than two years in the case of a killing.
Activists say some 200 women are murdered each year in Syrian “honour” cases by men who had come to expect lenient treatment under the law.
The legislation covers any man who “unintentionally” kills his wife, sister, daughter or mother after catching her committing adultery or having “unlawful” sex. It also covers cases where the woman’s lover is killed.
Reports say women’s rights activists have given a cautious welcome to the change, with one group calling it a “small contribution to solving the problem”.
Their objection remains, however, that the new law still apparently invites men to murder women if they catch them having sex or suspect them of doing so.
Koba's Note: Wow, two WHOLE years! *eye roll* Jesus fucking H. Christ.
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