From the Economist:
“BASHAR ASSAD, Syria’s president, has made it a bit harder for men to kill their daughters and sisters for the sake of ‘honour’. The crime had previously carried no minimum sentence; the maximum was a year. Now, a presidential decree has made a small but significant change: honour-killers must face at least two years in prison.”
Unlikely that another year of sentencing will deter a cultural practice that dates back centuries.
