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GPs failing Asian victims of ‘honour abuse’ over racism fears (LINK ONLY)
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Mum probed over betrothal of daughter, 12, to Pakistani Accused of forced marriage and sexual violence
(ANSA) The mother of a 12-year-old Italian girl who betrothed her to a Pakistani man has been placed under investigation on charges of forced marriage, domestic abuse, abduction of a minor and taking her abroad, abandonment of a minor and sexual violence, […]
Children & Teens
Girl,12, taken from mum over betrothal to Pakistani Girl placed with paternal grandparents after father reports case
(ANSA) A 12-year-old Italian girl has been taken from her mother and placed with her paternal grandparents after the mother promised her in marriage to the brother of her new Pakistani husband, the Nuovo Quotidiano di Puglia newspaper reported Thursday. The girl […]
Children & Teens
Danish ex-minister ousted from parliament after impeachment
(Reuters) Former immigration minister Inger Stojberg, a main architect behind some of Denmark’s tough immigration policies, was voted out of parliament on Tuesday by her fellow lawmakers following her conviction in a rare impeachment case earlier this month. Stojberg was handed a […]
Children & Teens
Ex-Danish minister convicted over 2016 asylum ruling Inger Støjberg’s policy on separating married asylum seekers ruled illegal.
(Politico) Inger Støjberg, a former Danish immigration minister and high-profile government figure during Europe’s 2015 migration crisis, was sentenced to 60 days in jail on Monday after an order she issued in 2016 was ruled illegal. Støjberg had said that if a […]
Crime
Victorian woman pleads not guilty to forcing daughter to marry the man who would kill her
(WA Today) A Victorian woman accused of forcefully marrying off her daughter to a stranger in Western Australia who later murdered the young bride has pleaded not guilty to coercing her daughter into the marriage. Sakina Muhammad Jan, 45, will appear at […]
Crime
‘We will only take back your dead body’: Forced marriage accused told daughter to stay with husband
(WA Today) A Victorian woman who allegedly forcibly married off her daughter to a stranger in WA told her to stay with her husband, saying “we will only take back your dead body.” Maryiam Khan, a high school friend of slain student […]
Crime
Shepparton woman faces court over alleged forced marriage of slain daughter
(WA Today) A Victorian woman has appeared in court accused of forcefully marrying off her daughter to the West Australian stranger who later murdered the young bride. If the matter is sent to trial and the woman is convicted, she would become […]
Crime
‘Honour-based’ offences soared by 81% in last five years (LINK ONLY)
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Italy: Uncle of teen who refused arranged marriage detained
(AP) The uncle of an 18-year-old woman who disappeared months ago in Italy after refusing an arranged marriage in Pakistan was detained Wednesday on the outskirts of Paris, according to Italian authorities who fear the teenager may be dead. Saman Abbas was […]
Children & Teens
Ted Cruz slams Blinken over Afghan child brides: ‘You brought a crisis to America’
(NY Post) Sen. Ted Cruz confronted Secretary of State Antony Blinken about child brides being brought to the United States from Afghanistan amid the chaotic withdrawal by the Biden administration, demanding to know what guidance the State Department has been provided to […]
Children & Teens
Afghan evacuation raises concerns about child trafficking
(AP) U.S. officials are looking into reports that in the frantic evacuation of desperate Afghans from Kabul, older men were admitted together with young girls they claimed as “brides” or otherwise sexually abused. U.S. officials at intake centers in the United Arab […]
Forced & Underage Marriage
Afghan women report forced marriages to flee country amid Taliban takeover, sources say
(CNN) US officials processing Afghan refugees abroad recently alerted the State Department to instances in which women and girls were forced into marriage or arrived with male partners posing as their husbands to be eligible for evacuation and escape the Taliban, according […]
Children & Teens
Danish minister on trial for separating migrant couples
(AFP) A former Danish immigration minister insisted she was innocent on Thursday at the opening of her impeachment trial on charges of illegally separating couples who arrived in the country to claim asylum. The 26 judges of the special court, which only […]
Children & Teens
Inger Stoejberg: Danish ex-immigration minister faces impeachment trial
(BBC) A historic impeachment trial gets underway in Denmark on Thursday against a former minister who spearheaded dozens of tough immigration measures. Inger Stoejberg is accused of unlawfully ordering the separation of young asylum-seeking couples in 2016. She is facing a landmark […]
Children & Teens
Young girls still being flown out of Sweden for forced marriages and FGM
(Breitbart) According to an activist group that deals with honour violence and oppression, young girls continue to be flown out of Sweden for forced marriages and female genital mutilation (FGM) despite bans. Sabina Landstedt, a member of the activist group Never Forget […]
Children & Teens
After a year in force, Sweden’s anti-child marriage law sees zero charges
(Breitbart) Despite being in force for over a year, the Swedish laws against child marriages have yet to see anyone charged for marrying a minor so far. Sweden passed legislation that greatly tightened the existing laws against child marriage in July of […]
Crime
Perth man who paid $15,000 to marry his wife sentenced to life in jail for her murder
(WA Today) A Perth Uber driver who slit his wife’s throat and left her bleeding on the floor just two months into their forced marriage will spend at least 19 years behind bars. Mohammad Ali Halimi, 25, was sentenced in WA’s Supreme […]
Crime
‘Come get your sister’s dead body’: Perth man slit wife’s throat just months after forced marriage
(WA Today) A young Perth Uber driver who slit his wife’s throat two months into their forced marriage told the woman’s brother to “come get your sister’s dead body” as she lay bleeding on the kitchen floor. The reality of forced marriages […]
Crime
Search continues for Saman’s body, cousin handed over Teen thought to have been killed for refusing arranged marriage
(ANSA) Investigators on Wednesday continued the search for the body of Saman Abbas while her cousin, one of the family members suspected of involvement in the alleged murder of the 18-year-old for refusing an arranged marriage in Pakistan, was handed over to […]
Crime
Saman ‘rowed with family on evening before went missing’
(ANSA) An 18-year-old Pakistani girl who has been missing from a town near Reggio Emilia since the end of April after refusing an arranged marriage in Pakistan had a violent argument with her family the night before she disappeared, according to an […]
Crime
Fatwah against arranged marriages after girl believed killed Search for Saman Abbas's body continues
(ANSA) The Union of Italy’s Islamic Communities (UCOII) on Wednesday issued a fatwah (ban) on arranged marriages after the case of an 18-year-old Pakistani girl who is missing and believed killed by her family after refusing to marry a man her parents […]
Crime
Cousin held of Pakistani woman missing after refusing to wed
(ANSA) A male cousin of an 18-year-old Pakistani woman who went missing from a town near Reggio Emilia after refusing an arranged marriage in Pakistan was arrested in France at the weekend. The man, who was reportedly gearing to flee to Spain […]
Crime
Italy: Girl feared dead after refusing arranged marriage
(AFP) Police in Italy are searching for the body of an 18-year-old girl suspected to have been killed by her Pakistani family after refusing an arranged Muslim marriage. The girl’s parents, an uncle and two cousins are under investigation for murder, lieutenant […]
Children & Teens
Court sentences man who married 13-year-old in Iraq and brought her to Finland
(Breitbart) A Finnish court has sentenced an Iraqi migrant to four years in prison after being convicted of several crimes when he married a 13-year-old girl in Iraq and brought her to Finland in 2014. The Iraqi-background man, who is 30 years […]
Children & Teens
Danish ex-minister faces impeachment in ‘child bride’ case
(Reuters) Former Danish Immigration Minister Inger Stojberg, known for her hard stance in that role, is facing impeachment for illegally ordering the separation of underage couples seeking asylum. The centre-right politician, who served as minister from 2015 to 2019, said the aim […]
Crime
Fears honour-based abuse could go undetected due to ‘short-sighted’ government plans to scrap term (LINK ONLY)
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Family members arrested over ‘forced marriage’ that ended in Perth woman’s death
(WA Today) Victorian family members of a woman allegedly murdered by her husband in Perth have been accused of forcing her into the marriage against her will just months earlier. Ruqia Haidari, 21, died in January 2020 at the Perth home she […]
Forced & Underage Marriage
France plans punishment for ‘virginity tests’
(BBC) The French government plans to introduce jail terms and fines for doctors who provide controversial so-called “virginity certificates” for traditional religious marriages. It is part of draft legislation aimed at reinforcing French secular values and combating what President Emmanuel Macron calls […]
Children & Teens
Syrian in forced marriage attempt charged with Malta’s first honour crime Man remanded in custody after allegedly beating his teenage daughter and trying to force her into an arranged marriage
(Malta Today) “Help me, please help me,” were the first words a 15-year-old girl told the police when they stormed her house to arrest her father, who was charged earlier today with Malta’s first “honour crime.” The man, from Syria, was remanded […]
Children & Teens
Peterborough dad tried to force his daughter to marry against her will (LINK ONLY)
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Referrals to UK forced marriage unit fell 10% last year (LINK ONLY)
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Dutch get tough on ‘virginity repair ops’ and child marriage
(Dutch News) Dutch doctors have pledged to stop carrying out operations to “restore” women’s hymens, as one of a package of measures to tackle what ministers call “damaging practices” affecting mainly women and girls. There were 120 hymen repair operations at Dutch […]
Children & Teens
Orders made to protect Rotherham children from forced marriage
(Rotherham Advertiser) Vulnerable children at risk of forced marriage have been given the protection of full court orders. Initial proceedings began last autumn over the group of youngsters, which includes boys and girls. The orders are a safeguarding tool to help police […]
Children & Teens
Birmingham uncle jailed for trying to force niece into Pakistan marriage (LINK ONLY)
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Uncle used niece as a slave at his Birmingham home and tried to force her to marry in Pakistan (LINK ONLY)
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Forced marriages tripled in Belgium in just 3 years
(Brussels Times) Belgian police have been able to register an increasing trend of forced marriages in Belgium. In 2015, 10 forced marriages were officially recorded, in 2016, the number increased to 15, in 2017 up to 21 and last year, police registered […]
Children & Teens
Forced marriages and ‘honour crimes’ against women ‘spike during Christmas’ (LINK ONLY)
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Forced marriage and FGM to be a social work focus in Aberdeen (LINK ONLY)
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Helpline launched for forced marriage and ‘honour-based abuse’ victims in West Midlands (LINK ONLY)
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Quebec judge removes teenager from family home after she flees forced marriage Girl's fiancé forced her to wear hijab, controlled her friendships, clothes, cellphone
(CBC) A Quebec youth court judge has removed a 16-year-old girl in Victoriaville from her family after she was forced into a marriage with an older man who insisted she wear a hijab, rifled through her cellphone and controlled who she could see. […]
Academics & Education
Helsinki preps schools, NGOs to spot FGM, forced marriage trips A working group survey revealed that at least 10 children had 'disappeared' from Helsinki primary schools in 2017.
(Yle) The city of Helsinki has announced a programme to help schools and children’s NGOs better recognise situations where planned trips by migrant-background families might endanger children’s safety. According to a report by tabloid daily Ilta-Sanomat, the guidelines will advise adults working […]
Children & Teens
Convictions for honour crimes including FGM, rape and forced marriage plummet amid national police crackdown (LINK ONLY)
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Police at Heathrow raising awareness about forced marriages
(ITV) Specialist police are at Heathrow Airport all week as part of a national crackdown raising awareness against forced marriages, female genital mutilation and modern slavery. Last year, the Home Office supported victims in 1,764 suspected cases of forced marriage, 574 of […]
Crime
Is the scale of so-called ‘honour’ killings in the UK bigger than we realise?
(ITV) These are some of the faces of the British victims of so-called “honour” killings. Each young woman died at the hands of those closest to them for apparently bringing shame on their families. Every year, July 14 offers a Day of […]
Children & Teens
‘I was forced to marry my cousin’
(BBC) Nyla Khan says she was taken from Scotland at the age of 17 and forced to marry her cousin in Pakistan. “I knew from a very young age that I was promised to my cousin and I always felt very uncomfortable […]
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Orders to prevent forced marriages double in year (LINK ONLY)
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Schoolgirls feared FGM after being sent abroad to be ‘de-westernised’ (LINK ONLY)
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Birmingham people seeking help for forced marriages hits astonishing high (LINK ONLY)
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Father loses appeal over daughter’s Islamic marriage (LINK ONLY)
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