Pakistan: End the right to kill women
To Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, President of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain and all Pakistani Parliamentarians:
We urge you to immediately pass the Anti-Honor Killings Laws (Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill 2014 in the Parliament or a similar bill that closes the forgiveness loophole for honour killings, and to make sure all perpetrators of honour killings are brought to justice. We also urge the government to launch a major education campaign to spread awareness about the consequences of committing such brutal crimes against women including by setting up infrastructure that enables women to seek protection.
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Saba’s story is all over the news because it’s an Oscar-nominated documentary. The Pakistani PM just committed to end these heinous crimes for the first time. And Maryam, his powerful daughter, and girls right’s champion, is overseeing amendments to the law right now. But activists fear that the bill will only be passed if the Oscar buzz is massive and public pressure is sustained.
Let’s urgently get 2 million of us behind this law before the Oscars on Sunday, ensure Saba’s story has the global spotlight, and then deliver it directly to Maryam to back a strong law. Sign and share now on Facebook, Twitter, email… everywhere, before we lose this moment:
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