The Sixth Circuit has determined that the Jordanian government is unable to protect women from honor killings, and the government's policy of placing women in protective custody amounts to involuntary incarceration.  This policy demonstrates government acquiescence to torture.  The court remanded to determine if the petitioner had put forward a cognizable particular social group and whether she could safely internally relocate.

The full text of Kamar v. Sessions can be found here:

http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/17a0260p-06.pdf

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