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UAE gets rid of honor killing defense in major legal overhaul
The United Arab Emirates has scrapped laws defending honor killings, in a major reform of the country s criminal law. Alcohol restrictions have been eased and a ban on unmarried couples cohabiting has been lifted.
So-called honor crimes will now be publishable like any other crimes in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after the Gulf state announced a sweeping overhaul of its Islamic legal code on Saturday.
In many Arab countries, honor crimes carry weaker penalties. The widely criticized custom means that male relatives may evade prosecution for assaulting or killing a woman who is seen as dishonoring a family.
Quick Read By Peter Rainer Special correspondent
Do I miss seeing films in big theaters on a big screen with a big audience? You bet I do. But those days will return.
My initial concerns of a famished 2020 movie year were vastly exaggerated: After the pandemic began, a large backlog of small-scale, independent movies transitioned fairly smoothly to the home screen. The big studios had a rougher time of it: Many movies have been pushed well into next year.
Why We Wrote This
This year, movie watching moved largely from theaters to living rooms â where it may stay for some time. Monitor film critic Peter Rainer surveyed the landscape and offers his top choices for armchair watching.