Tag: Forced Marriage
Man claiming to be Muslim first in UK to be jailed...
A 34-year-old man was jailed for 16 years on Wednesday following Britain's first conviction for the largely hidden practice of forced marriage. The man,...
NYC woman who fled marriage testifies against father
June 27, 2014
NEW YORK — The New York City cab driver from Pakistan and his daughter both began weeping the second she first took...
Rotterdam to investigate forced marriages
Rotterdam city council suspects that some girls may have been married against their will over the summer. The suggestion stems from a campaign instituted...
The Father of Child-Bride Sentenced to One Year in Prison
The father of a 14 year-old girl married in a Muslim religious ceremony in Evry at 14 in 2000 was sentenced to 30 months...
