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What is an “honour killing”?

Aruna Papp, a brave Toronto-area social worker, offers a succinct definition in a recent paper, published by The Frontier Centre for Public Policy, a non-profit research organization.

“'Honour killing' is an ancient cultural practise in which men murder female relatives in the name of family 'honour' for forced or suspected sexual activity outside the marriage, even when the woman were victims of rape,” states the paper.

After the naked protester was arrested, the riot police charged and we all had to run, even reporters like me ... we were on Queen Street and police were understandably on edge. About 100 feet from the spot where the demonstrator decided to strip, a car smouldered ... I couldn’t make out if it was a police cruiser, given how singed and blackened it was ... it was only later I discovered it was indeed a police car ... no mistaking the second vehicle almost directly opposite the smoking wreck, however.