UK

'They're following me': chilling words of girl who was 'honour killing' victim

The murder of Banaz Mahmod by her family in 2006 shocked the country. A documentary now tells her story. On police videotape, a 19-year-old girl named those she believed had intended to kill her. They would try again, she said. “People are following me, still they are following me. At any time, if anything happens to .. read more

22
Sep
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Forced marriage: the pupils who vanish in the holidays

Why aren’t schools doing more to educate children about forced marriage? UK: When pupils are at imminent risk of forced marriage, schools sometimes have to take desperate measures. For Liz Coffey, principal of Landau Forte college in Derby, helping children to escape the fate decreed by their families has meant anything from “literally bundling them into .. read more

23
Apr
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