forced marriage

Islamabad, April 1 – Christian groups and human rights activists staged a protest in Karachi, Pakistan, expressing deep concern over what they described as a rising wave of forced marriages and religious conversions involving young girls from their community across the country. A leading...

New Delhi, March 20 A Delhi court has acquitted six persons accused of kidnapping and forcing a minor girl into marriage, holding that the prosecution failed to prove that the girl was taken away from lawful guardianship or was compelled to marry against her will.Additional Sessions Judge...

London, March 18. Pakistan's systematic denial of justice for survivors of gender-based violence goes beyond procedural failures, exposing deeply entrenched patriarchal attitudes and administrative failures embedded in the country's governance structures.When victims are ignored, dissuaded...

Islamabad, March 18 – A leading organization advocating for minority rights has highlighted a disturbing trend of abductions and forced religious conversions of girls from minority communities across Pakistan between 2021 and 2025, during which 515 cases were recorded.Citing data from various...

Thane, March 18 Police have arrested a 15-year-old tribal girl's "husband" along with three others for allegedly abducting, marrying, and sexually assaulting her in Thane district, Maharashtra, officials said on Wednesday.The minor was allegedly abducted from Bhiwandi in Thane and "sold" to a...

Puri, March 10 A woman from Puri, Odisha, appealed to the state and central governments on Tuesday to rescue her daughter, alleging that she was kidnapped five years ago and has been held captive in Bangladesh since then.The woman claimed that her daughter had fled to the neighbouring country...

Beed, March 8 Police have arrested four individuals in connection with the alleged trafficking of a 21-year-old woman from the Latur district, who was forced to "marry" three different men by the accused, who earned lakhs of rupees in "commission," an officer said on Sunday.The matter came to...

Muzaffarpur, February 24 A man in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar has alleged that his sister was recently kidnapped by her employer, who forced her into marriage after religious conversion, police said on Tuesday.The complainant, a resident of the Aaurayi locality in Muzaffarpur, has lodged a...

Mumbai, February 22 – Filmmaker Vipul Amrutlal Shah, the creator of films like "The Kerala Story" and "The Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond," has shared his perspective on whether the themes of his movies have affected his relationships in Bollywood, a film industry known for interfaith marriages...

Islamabad, February 16 – A federal court in Pakistan has granted custody of a 13-year-old Christian girl, identified as Maria Shahbaz, to a Muslim man who had abducted her, converted her to Islam, and married her, according to a report.The judges did not accept the birth certificate presented...