“Husband killing” crimes soar in YemenJanuary 9, 2013 - 10:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Yemeni Interior Ministry said in a report that some 50 women in the country were arrested last year on murder charges with most of them accused of killing their husbands, RIA Novosti reported citing Al Arabiya. The arrested women were aged between 25 and 50 years and, according to the ministry’s report, the main reasons for their crimes were inequality, domestic violence and “emotional motives.” Al Arabiya cited Dr. Mujib Abdul Bari, a specialist in psychiatric and neurological disorders, as saying that daily abuse by males puts a woman is a desperate position and under such conditions women “forget their femininity and resort to killing their spouse.” The ministry’s report said, however, that in 2012 the number of women in Yemen, who became victims of attempted murder, was nearly the double of females accused of killings. Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. Partner news Most popular in the section | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |