Honour-based violence has soared in Britain

Apr 11, 2024 by

by Bella Wallersteiner, CapX: In recent years, the scourge of ‘honour-based’ violence has shown a disturbing upward trend, with a staggering 60% surge in reported incidents over just two years. Despite their name, there is nothing...

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Number of ‘honour-based’ crimes being committed in Britain surges by more than 60 per cent in two years

Apr 9, 2024 by

by Emily Jane Davies, Daily Mail: Experts warn court backlogs are partly to blame. The number of honour-based crimes happening in Britain surged by more than 60 per cent in just two years, figures suggest. Honour-based offences –...

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‘Honour-based’ offences soared by 81% in last five years

Nov 1, 2021 by

by Haroon Siddique, Guardian: The number of “honour-based” abuse (HBA) offences recorded by English police forces has soared over the past five years, figures suggest. According to data from the 28 out of 39 constabularies that responded...

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Crown Prosecution Service failing honour crime victims, says police whistleblower

Nov 12, 2016 by

from Christian Concern: A Scotland Yard whistleblower has criticised the Crown Prosecution Service for what he believes is its failure to prosecute ‘honour’ crimes, for fear of “causing unrest” in the Muslim...

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