"Pakistani Shahnaz Bibi was forced to parade naked in her village last year." BBC
8/4/12, "Pakistan police suspended after parading naked couple," BBC
"According to witnesses, police in the Sindh town of Gambat forced the man and woman to walk to the police station naked as punishment for trying to have sex outside marriage.
Mobile phone footage shows a naked man being beaten by police and a woman begging them to let her cover herself.
After a public outcry, officials suspended the officers involved.
The BBC's Shahzeb Jiliani says incidents of public dishonouring are not uncommon in Pakistan, but this incident is particularly shocking because it was carried out by police and filmed on mobile phones.
Last year, several men were arrested for stripping a middle aged woman naked and parading her round the village as punishment for her son allegedly having an affair with a woman in their family.
Shahnaz Bibi told the BBC at the time that her life had been ruined by the ordeal, and she could never go home."...
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Ed. note: BBC didn't say the 'honor' punishment was Islamic. Islam was mentioned later in the article. Pakistan is an Islamic country, 'honor' punishment is Islamic, and per Pew, 82% of Pakistanis believe people should be stoned to death for adultery:
2/11/11, "Pew Global Attitudes Project" conducted 4/12/10-5/7/10, released 12/2/10
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8/3/12, "U.K. court finds parents guilty in honor killing," AP via CBS News
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