Calls for reform to stop honour killings in India

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Updated August 19, 2009 20:50:42

Honour killings may be a barbaric practice, but they are far from a thing of the past in a number of countries around the world, including rural India. The deaths of couples who fall in love and marry outside caste lines can be gruesome, with victims hanged from trees, stabbed or even burnt alive. Hundreds die in 'honour killings' every year in India.

Presenter: Michael Edwards in New Delhi
Speakers: Members of the Galaut family; Brinda Karat, politician, Indian Communist Party politician

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