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Shamed de Sarbjit Kaur Athwal

Shamed

Autor Sarbjit Kaur Athwal
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 iun 2013

Dramatizarea unei tragedii domestice care depășește granițele intimității, Shamed începe cu o tăcere grea, instalată imediat după dispariția tinerei Surjit. În interiorul unei familii în care „onoarea” este mai prețioasă decât viața, Sarbjit Kaur Athwal face un gest de un curaj extrem: rupe codul tăcerii și își acuză propria familie prin alianță de crimă. Subliniem că acest volum nu este doar o relatare a unui eveniment tragic, ci o investigație personală despre riscul asumat de o femeie care decide să devină vocea justiției într-un mediu ostil. Ca și Without Honour de Rob Tripp, această biografie transformă documentele judiciare și mărturiile de familie într-o narațiune tensionată, explorând cum tradițiile distorsionate pot justifica atrocități. Putem afirma că stilul autoarei este unul direct, marcat de o vulnerabilitate care oferă cititorului acces la mecanismele psihologice ale fricii, dar și la forța necesară pentru a demonta un sistem de opresiune din interior. Spre deosebire de abordarea juridică din The Prosecutor de Nazir Afzal, Shamed rămâne o perspectivă subiectivă și viscerală asupra supraviețuirii.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780753541548
ISBN-10: 0753541548
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: 1 x 4pp colour plates
Dimensiuni: 123 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Editura: Ebury Publishing

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Recomandăm această carte celor interesați de mecanismele sociologice din spatele crimelor de onoare și de povești reale despre curaj civic. Cititorul câștigă o înțelegere profundă a modului în care individul se poate opune presiunii comunitare pentru a face dreptate. Este o lectură esențială pentru a înțelege complexitatea integrării culturale și limitele tăcerii în fața abuzului.

Despre autor

Sarbjit Kaur Athwal este o figură centrală în lupta împotriva violenței bazate pe onoare în Marea Britanie. După ce a fost martoră la conspirația familiei sale pentru a o ucide pe cumnata sa, Surjit, ea a devenit prima persoană dintr-o astfel de comunitate care a depus mărturie împotriva membrilor familiei într-un caz de crimă de onoare. Curajul ei a dus la condamnarea soacrei și a cumnatului ei, marcând un precedent istoric în justiția britanică. Astăzi, ea continuă să colaboreze cu autoritățile și organizațiile non-guvernamentale pentru protejarea victimelor abuzurilor domestice.

Notă biografică

SARBJIT KAUR ATHWAL is a British Indian, whose sister-in-law Surjit was the victim of an honour killing. Sarbjit secretly and bravely campaigned for justice for Surjit, seeking murder convictions for her husband’s mother and brother. They were jailed, but Sarbjit continues to receive death threats and ostracisation by the Sikh community. She has since become a police community support officer, in gratitude for the staunch support of Detective Chief Inspector Clive Driscoll.

Descriere scurtă

In 1998, Sarbjit Athwal was called by her husband to attend a family meeting. It looked like just another family gathering. An attractive house in west London, a large dining room, two brothers, their mother, one wife. But the subject they were discussing was anything but ordinary. At the head of the group sat the elderly mother. She stared proudly around, smiling at her children, then raised her hand for silence. 'It's decided then,' the old lady announced. 'We have to get rid of her.'

'Her' was Surjit Athwal, Sarbjit's sister-in-law. Within three weeks of that meeting, Surjit was dead: lured from London to India, drugged, strangled, and her body dumped in the Ravi River, never to be seen again.

 After the killing, risking her own life, Sarbjit fought secretly for justice for nine long, scared years. Eventually, with immense bravery, she became the first person within a murderer's family ever to go into open court in an honour killing trial as the Prosecution's key witness, and the first to waive her anonymity in such a trial. As a result of her testimony, the trial led to the first successful prosecution of an honour killing without the body ever being found.

But her story doesn't end there. Since the trial, her life has been threatened; her own husband arrested after an allegation of intimidation. Shamed is a story of fear and of horror -- but also of immense courage, and a woman who risked everything to see that justice was done.

The courageous and inspiring story of Sarbjit Kaur Athwal, who bravely fought for justice -- risking her own life -- after her sister-in-law, Surjit, was murdered in an honour killing by her husband's family. Foreword by DCI Clive Driscoll.


 
 

Recenzii

"A horrific story of appalling murder and awesome courage." Daily Mail 20130615 "I felt moved by this book as the experiences resonate with many of the victims that we deal with every day. It also highlights how honour systems within family and community dynamics can paralyse someone into a place of great fear. It takes a great amount of courage to speak out. Sarbjit has been significant to enabling others to peer into the life of a family that put honour before a life. My hope is that this story will encourage many not to be silent but to come forward and speak out. As a campaigner in this field I give credit to this story that seeks to break the silences of many." Jasvinder Sanghera CBE, Chief Executive of Karma Nirvana and bestselling author of SHAME and DAUGHTERS OF SHAME "I felt moved by this book as the experiences resonate with many of the victims that we deal with every day. It also highlights how honour systems within family and community dynamics can paralyse someone into a place of great fear. It takes a great amount of courage to speak out. Sarbjit has been significant to enabling others to peer into the life of a family that put honour before a life. My hope is that this story will encourage many not to be silent but to come forward and speak out. As a campaigner in this field I give credit to this story that seeks to break the silences of many." Jasvinder Sanghera CBE, Chief Executive of Karma Nirvana and bestselling author of SHAME and DAUGHTERS OF SHAME "A horrific story of appalling murder and awesome courage." Daily Mail