DVD Crimes Without Honour

Here's an extract from the movie distributor:

Stop the bad name of the community by preventing it, says Toronto Christian Indian community Aruna Papp who had to marry against her will to a man she had never met.

People have been committing so-called honour crimes since time immemorial. While many of us believed these acts were a thing of the past, reality has bluntly taught us otherwise. Around the world, people are dying by the thousands in the name of honour. The Shafia murders were Canada's wake-up call. Sweden was shocked by the slaying of Fadima by her own father. Honour killings are happening in England, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Sweden, Canada... in ever increasing numbers.

In Crimes Without Honour, the filmmaker explores several lines of enquiry through the stories of Aruna Papp, a Christian from India living in Canada; Necla Kelek, a Turkish woman living in Germany; Sara, a Kurd who has settled in Sweden; and Arkan, a young Kurd who was raised "like a Swede."

Aruna, Necla, Sara and Arkan have all had the courage to stand up against their communities' criminal traditions and denounce these hateful crimes, even at the risk of ostracism.

The DVD contains both English and French language documentary films directed by Raymonde Provencher.



Since 2002 ServicesMontreal.com
March 8 International Women's Day
Cinema
Books, CDs,DVDs
English Articles

Maori Event in Montreal

Return of a Toi Moko to the New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Museum by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

Vidéos Jacqueline Mallette

Since 2002 ServicesMontreal.com

English Articles

EDEN - Pictures

These are stills from the multi-performing-arts-play called
EDEN ...an imaginative journey exposed in the raw

and from the interview with Heather Black

Online Petition About Quebec so-called Justice: Please sign and Invite your friends

The following texte was copied from the Petition page :

In Québec, criminals seem to benefit more from rights and help than do their victims!! Isn't it about time that this changes!! I have recently became friends with women on Facebook who have inspired me to create this cause …they are presently taking steps to have certain Quebec laws modified in order to offer better protection to the victims, especially children victim of aggression and their families. All of Quebec is aware of the story of Guy Turcotte, the ex-cardiologist who was judged not criminally responsible for the slaying of his two young children, stabbing them 46 times, on February 20th, 2009 in Piedmont. Since September, he has been granted unsupervised outings, between 8 and 16 hours per day and is permitted to stay out overnight when lodged by family members. This coming December, the ex-cardiologist may even find himself completely free… the Crown prosecutor has appealed the verdict and asked that Turcotte be retried, arguing that the ex-cardiologist can not be judged 'not criminally responsible' for the simple reason that he voluntarily intoxicated himself before committing his crime. The Appeals Court must decide whether or not a new trial is necessary in early 2013. It is time for us, as a moral society to stand together and have our voices heard. Offer support to these women who are fighting to have the laws of our so-called "Justice System" modified in order to give justice to the victims and stop protecting the criminals. Please sign this petition saying that we want change in our penal system. Yes, we want a retrial for Guy Turcotte…we want justice for these two poor children, Anne-Sophie(3yrs) and Olivier(5yrs), who will never have the chance to grow.

Sign online and invite your friends to do the same