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The Guardian - UK
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Zeinab Mohammed Salih in Khartoum

Sudan campaigners demand action after alarming rise in ‘honour killings’

Women protest against violence against women, including sentences for stoning for adultery, in front of the UN office in Khartoum, Sudan.
Women protest against violence against women, including sentences for stoning for adultery, in front of the UN office in Khartoum, Sudan. Photograph: Marwan Ali/AP

Campaigners are calling for urgent action to tackle a rise in “honour killings” in Sudan.

Eleven women and girls have been killed by relatives so far this year, more than double the number reported to the authorities in 2021.

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