Children & Teens
Father loses appeal over daughter’s Islamic marriage (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Forced marriage unit reports spike in cases as awareness rises (LINK ONLY)
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Mother threatened to ‘marry off’ teenage daughter, says judge (LINK ONLY)
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Retired senator rebuked for linking hijab with female circumcision, forced marriage Céline Hervieux-Payette draws fire on 3rd day of hearings into Quebec's controversial Bill 21
(CBC) For the second time this week, the Quebec government has been forced to distance itself from a supporter of its secularism bill who made incendiary remarks about Islam at a legislative hearing. The bill proposes barring some civil servants — including public […]
Children & Teens
Islamist bachelor of the year! Is CAIR sex predator Ahmad Saleem looking for a child bride in Pakistan?
(FrontPage) Former CAIR representative Ahmad Saleem, who made national headlines when he was arrested for soliciting sex from a 12-year-old girl, is in the market for a wife, and he may have found the perfect place to find one. It is Pakistan, […]
Academics & Education
Dutch teacher suspended for insulting Prophet Muhammad
(NL Times) A teacher was suspended from the Hoofdvaart College in Hoofddorp in January for insulting the Prophet Mohammad, the Telegraaf reports based on the suspension letter from the school management, which the newspaper has in its possession. According to the letter, […]
Academics & Education
Children to be taught dangers of female genital mutilation (LINK ONLY)
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Forced marriage: Union warns over ‘criminalising’ teachers
(BBC) The UK’s largest teachers’ union has warned government not to introduce measures that would make teaching staff criminally responsible for failing to report the forced marriage of a pupil. A Home Office consultation is exploring such proposals for teachers, health workers […]
Children & Teens
New guidance on handling child bride petitions
(AP) The Trump administration announced new rules Friday to scrutinize petitions to bring in underage spouses to the U.S. after data showed thousands of requests by men to bring in child and adolescent brides had been approved. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services […]
Children & Teens
Scotland looks to introduce FGM protection orders (LINK ONLY)
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‘Lack of awareness’ around forced marriage law
(BBC) Potential victims in areas where forced marriage is prevalent are unaware it is a crime, a charity has said. While legislation has seen a rise in people reporting concerns, campaigners said there was a “worrying split” with some victims and families […]
Children & Teens
Requests to bring in child brides OK’d; legal under US laws
(AP) Thousands of requests by men to bring in child and adolescent brides to live in the United States were approved over the past decade, according to government data obtained by the Associated Press. In one case, a 49-year-old man applied for […]
Children & Teens
Repatriation fees for forced marriage victims abolished (LINK ONLY)
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Forced marriage victims charged fee to be rescued (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Germany: New law banning child marriage declared unconstitutional
(Gatestone) The Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH), Germany’s highest court of civil and criminal jurisdiction, has ruled that a new law that bans child marriage may be unconstitutional because all marriages, including Sharia-based child marriages, are protected by Germany’s Basic Law […]
Children & Teens
Girls ‘at heightened risk’ of FGM and forced marriage as police not told of protection orders (LINK ONLY)
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Forced marriage law ‘could stop victims reporting crime’
(BBC) Criminalising forced marriage could stop victims from speaking up if their parents are locked up, campaigners say. While legislation sends a “strong message,” a charity working with victims said it also scared off others. Rubie Marie, 35, who was forced to […]
Children & Teens
Imam who married a 14-year-old girl to a 34-year-old man at a Melbourne mosque loses final appeal against his conviction (LINK ONLY)
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Spanish authorities prevent forced marriage of Spanish minor to Moroccan The attempted forced marriage of a Spanish minor highlights the damaging effects of the practice.
(Morocco World News) In Alicante, Spain, the Guardia Civil prevented the forced marriage of a 17-year-old girl to a 37-year-old man from Morocco. The Guardia Civil detained the girl’s father and brother, who worked together to orchestrate the forced marriage. According to […]
Academics & Education
Teachers could face criminal charges for failing to report forced marriage (LINK ONLY)
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Child bride refugees spur Sweden to tighten marriage law
(Reuters) Among the tens of thousands of child refugees who have fled to Sweden from war-torn countries is a group of young girls who have presented the Nordic country with a major dilemma — they are married. The predicament is this. Should […]
Children & Teens
Child marriage survivors say UK law legitimizes ‘terrible’ abuse
(Reuters) When Zee was 13, she returned from school one day to find an engagement party under way at her home in northern England, but her excitement at the celebrations quickly turned to shock. “I asked my mum who’s getting married. She […]
Crime
Cabbie who flouted forced marriage rules allowed to carry on working taxi ranks Despite getting a suspended jail sentence at crown court, the driver was deemed to be a 'fit and proper' person by a licencing panel
(Teesside Gazette) A cab driver who admitted breaching a forced marriage protection order was allowed to carry on working the taxi ranks of Stockton. The driver, who was not named due to legal reasons, did not have his licence revoked at a […]
Children & Teens
Amazon attacked by women’s group for supporting Haitham al-Haddad (LINK ONLY)
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Amazon scheme supports Islamic extremists (LINK ONLY)
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MPs are failing victims of forced marriage, says charity (LINK ONLY)
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Forced marriage victims get protection after Times investigation (LINK ONLY)
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When children forced to marry stay married
(Swiss Info) Marriages involving minors must be annulled, according to Swiss law. However, exceptions are permitted if it seems to be in the child’s best interests. This provision must be done away with to combat forced marriages more effectively, says lawyer Anu […]
Children & Teens
Sweden reports rise in forced and child marriages
(Newsweek) Sweden has seen a rise in reports of child and forced marriages, according to a hotline established by the County Administrative Board in Östergötland County, located in southeastern Sweden. At least 130 phone calls were made in 2018 to a support […]
Children & Teens
UK and US border officials join forces in bid to tackle female genital mutilation (LINK ONLY)
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Marriage at 15 ends US teen’s career dreams
(VOA) Sara Tasneem, 37, once had big plans for her future. “When I was a freshman in high school,” she said. “I had made a decision that I wanted to join the Air Force and go to law school.” Instead, Tasneem’s American-born […]
Children & Teens
Cash grant to help tackle violence against women (LINK ONLY)
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Christian Democrat in anti-Islamist Facebook rant
(Local) A senior local politician for Sweden’s Christian Democrats risks being … ejected from the party for calling for Islamists to be shot. Göran Jonzon, second in the party’s candidate list for the municipal council in Vilhelmina in the far north of […]
Children & Teens
UK Somali teenagers taken ‘on holiday’ and forced into marriage (LINK ONLY)
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Young, gay and married — Britons wed to avoid abuse
(Reuters) Dressed in a golden, laced gown, Noor was relieved to wed a man she had met briefly online, ending years of pressure from her Pakistani family to marry. As lights flashed and guests danced merrily inside an English wedding hall, Noor […]
Academics & Education
Government accused of inaction as number of British girls forced into marriages abroad has soared by a third since 2015 (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
New law will protect minors from forced marriage in New Zealand
(NZ Herald) A law that gives children more protection against forced marriage is expected to pass with unanimous support in Parliament today. The Marriage (Court Consent to Marriage of Minors) Amendment Bill aims to prevent forced marriages of mostly girls, aged 16 […]
Children & Teens
Forced marriage: Police ‘turn a blind eye’ to child brides (LINK ONLY)
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Forced marriage: Officer asked if Iraqi man could date a 12-year-old (LINK ONLY)
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Home secretary vows to take action over forced marriages (LINK ONLY)
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Visas for men who forced girls into marriage (LINK ONLY)
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Lawyer Asama Javed is ‘fixer for forced marriage’ (LINK ONLY)
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Girls married off, raped and abandoned to lives of misery (LINK ONLY)
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UK couple jailed after trying to force daughter to marry (LINK ONLY)
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Forced marriage protection order issued for Sheffield teenager (LINK ONLY)
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Sweden struggles over child marriage Critics say government is treading too softly to avoid accusations of cultural insensitivity.
(Politico) A row over how to deal with child marriage among immigrants has inflamed political debate ahead of a general election in Sweden, where migration continues to divide public opinion and the far right is riding high in the polls. A tug-of-war between […]
Children & Teens
There is no honour in ‘honour killings,’ only male shame (LINK ONLY)
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Hidden Harm: Police bust the myths around honour-based abuse (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Britain holds memorial day for ‘honor killing’ victims
(Reuters) Britain will hold a memorial day on Saturday to remember the victims of so-called honor killings. Honour-based violence is done to punish those — usually girls and women — deemed to have brought shame on their family or community by not […]
Academics & Education
School tackling forced marriage with ‘spoon in underwear’ (LINK ONLY)
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