In its Sunday edition, the Tampere paper Aamulehti interviews Nasima Razmyar, chair of the Multicultural Women’s Association Monika, an NGO aimed at supporting immigrant women in Finland. She believes that dozens of young women or men based in Finland are forced into marriage with someone of their parents’ choosing annually. Razmyar bases her estimate on her .. read more
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A teenager bride committed suicide on the first night of her wedding over forced marriage. Police said that 18-year-old Shehla d/o Talib Hussain, a resident of Chak 160/9-L, was forced to marry Ahmed, a resident of Chak 186/9-L. The disappointed girl committed suicide by hanging herself. The body was shifted to a hospital for autopsy. .. read more
Public agencies and civil society organizations involved in the promotion of child rights in the Tamale Metropolis have began a workshop to synergize their activities to tackle the menace of Child, Early and Forced Marriages (CEFM) in the Northern Region. The two-day workshop organized by the Tamale Office of the National Commission for Civic Education .. read more
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A horrendous case of honour killing of a Madurai-based young man, who married a girl, braving opposition from her family, has come to light during the hearing on a habeas corpus writ petition in the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court. Recording the submission of the Thoothukudi police, Justices A Selvam and V S .. read more
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A man was gunned down in an apparent case of honour killing in Shakar Darra, Kohat on Thursday. Shoukat Saleem, an official of Shakar Darra police, said Umar Khan filed a case with the police stating that he was with his brother Ijaz Mehmood when the incident took place. He said they were on their .. read more
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Seven persons including two women were killed in different incidents of honour killing, enmity and other mishaps over the past 24 hours. According to details, in Sheikhupura, the security guard of an electronic appliances manufacturing factory along with his wife were shot dead by some unidentified assailants on GT Road near Khori here on Sunday. .. read more
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A man and woman were shot dead in Palas tehsil of Kohistan in an alleged case of honour killing, local police told The Express Tribune on Saturday. Zari Bibi, 19, married Wali Gul of Badakot village a few months ago and her husband mostly remained out of the district for his job. In Gul’s absence, Zari was .. read more
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The number of forced marriages in East Anglia is rising, according to new government figures. In 2012, 29 forced marriages were investigated in the region, with that number rising to 45 last year. At the moment, it is only a civil offence – which means the police do net get involved. Mariam Issimdar has been .. read more
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Advocates against forced marriage say more community education is needed about a law banning the practice. While forced marriage often occurs in African and South Asian countries, it’s still also an issue in Australia. Forced marriage has been illegal in Australia for 12 months, after amendments were made to the federal Slavery Act last year. .. read more
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Freedom Charity founder Aneeta Prem visited Bury St Edmunds last Wednesday as part of a campaign to highlight the mistreatment of young people forced into marriage by their families. After giving assemblies to students and staff at West Suffolk College and King Edward VI School, she visited Churchgate Books, in Bury, where she signed .. read more
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