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Kiranjit Ahluwalia (born 1955) is an Indian woman who fatally burned her husband in 1989 in the UK. She claimed it was in response to ten years of physical, psychological, and sexual abuse.
Apr 3, 2019 · Kiranjit Ahluwalia says she has rebuilt her life in the 30 years since she set her husband on fire.
Apr 3, 2019 · Kiranjit Ahluwalia (second from left) holding hands with Pragna Patel (second from right) as she walked free from prison. Her release set a historic precedent - the court accepted that women...
Jul 26, 2019 · When Kiranjit Ahluwalia was jailed for life for setting fire to her husband Deepak in May 1989, a small band of dedicated activists picked up a baton that Kiranjit’s legal team had...
Nov 7, 2021 · One evening in 1989, Kiranjit Ahluwalia's husband pressed a hot iron against her face - after a decade of abuse, this was the moment she snapped. This is the story of a south Asian woman and mother, who suffered years of domestic violence and ended up killing her husband.
Southall Black Sisters led Kiranjit Ahluwalia’s campaign, with support from Justice for Women. Kiranjit was persuaded into an arranged marriage by her brothers. Both her parents had died by the time she was 16 and so at the age of 23 she had to give up studying law and marry Deepak Ahluwalia.
Kiranjit Ahluwalia’s case has shed light around the UK on the continuing issues of international arranged marriages, marital violence, and the isolation of Asian and Asian Muslim women in communities outside their home societies.
Apr 6, 2019 · Thirty years ago, Kiranjit Ahluwalia set her husband on fire after a decade of domestic abuse at his hands. He died and she was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. She tells...
Jul 19, 1992 · Brutalised wife appeals against murder verdict: Kiranjit Ahluwalia, given a life sentence for killing her husband, will today ask the Court of Appeal to reduce the conviction to manslaughter...
Nov 12, 2001 · Kiranjit Ahluwalia, from Southall, west London, was convicted for the murder of her husband in 1989 despite suffering 10 years of brutality at his hands. Ahluwalia, who had her life sentence...
