Ref: 58/2014
Date: 05 June 2014
Time: 10:40 GMT
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the killing of A.Y. by her brother in Beit Rima village near Ramallah on Tuesday, 03 June 2014, on the ground of the so-called “family honor”. PCHR calls for bringing the perpetrator before justice, and taking necessary legal steps to stop such crimes.
According to investigations conducted by PCHR, at approximately 14:30 on Tuesday, 03 June 2014, M.Y. (30), from Beit Rime village west of Ramallah, brought the dead body of his sister, A.Y. (21), by his car to a police station in the village and turned himself in to the police claiming that he committed the murder. The Public Prosecution then opened an investigation into the crime and ordered to keep the body of the victim. The body was taken by an ambulance to the Palestine Governmental Medical Complex in Ramallah for autopsy. The coroner found out that she died due to being beaten up by a sharp tool to the left side of the chest till she died as a result of her serious condition.
It should be mentioned that the victim was married in Deir Ghassanah village and her brother headed to her house after receiving a phone call from someone in the village. He then took her and killed her on the ground of the so-called “family honor”.
This crime is the third of its kind in 2014 as on 10 January, S.‘A. (35), from Kafr al-Deek village west of Salfit in the northern West Bank, was killed due to being stabbed several times with a sharp tool by one of her relatives. Moreover, E. M. Sh. (18), from Bani Sheila village east of Khan Younis, was killed due to being stabbed with a sharp tool to the neck by one of her relatives.
PCHR strongly condemns this crime and:
