(November 20, 2019 at 3:47 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(November 20, 2019 at 3:39 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote: Domestic abuse that is a part of the culture; even justified by religious texts and has a whole institution with governmental support is different than your "usual" domestic abuse. For example:
In Saudi Arabia and Jordan, a girl can lose her life if her family knew about her having a secret affair with a man. We are not speaking about a "drunk" boyfriend; but we are speaking about your own family holding knives to kill you and throw you in the garbage:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor_killing
But nobody moved against it from the west
How would you like us to move against it?
Boru
Suspending the membership of Saudi Arabia's affiliates in the council of human rights:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nat...udi_Arabia
That would be a good start.