A woman Killed in middle Gaza; Al Mezan calls for investigation and trial of the perpetrators

A new honor killing occurred in a middle Gaza's camp on Saturday.
This is the second case of this kind within a week.
This raises the number of women killed on suspected honor grounds in Gaza to 13 during 2007.
In addition, 31 women and girls have been killed and 72 injured as a result of infighting in Gaza since the beginning of 2007.
According to the Al Mezan's field investigations, at approximately 5.
45pm on 28 July 2007, the emergency department at the Al Aqsa Hospital in middle Gaza received a telephone call reporting the killing of a woman in the Al Bureij Refugee camp.
An ambulance collected the woman's body.
She was identified as 26-year-old Nisrin Mohamed Abu Breek.
The pathologist who examined her body reported that she died from multiple stabs in the neck.
Signs of strangling and bruises were clear on different parts of her body, particularly on the face.
Al Mezan knew that the victim's brother surrendered to the Executive Force as the perpetrator.
This behavior is usually associated with honor killing crimes, which could help the perpetrator avoid appropriate penalty.
It is noteworthy that honor crimes often receive minimal sentences, despite the fact that the domestic criminal law does not distinguish between this type of crime and other murder crimes.
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights strongly condemns the frequent killing of women on alleged honor grounds.
This conduct represents a flagrant violation of their right to life.
The Center denounces that such acts go without adequate and thorough investigations, which keep the conditions surrounding them unclear and unpublished.
Al Mezan calls for an immediate and effective investigation into this incident.
The perpetrators must be brought to justice without delay.
The Center is concerned that the slow, or lack of, action to deter this conduct would lead to an increase in their occurrence in Gaza.
The Center stresses that resilience with the perpetrators when such crimes are involved will only encourage them to commit further killings.
Ensuring the rule of law requires an equal application of the law in all cases without any discrimination.
Continued extenuating of the rulings in this kind of cases undermines the rule law.
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