Sitara Arif was kidnapped on December 15. It took two months to persuade the police to investigate the case.
Forced marriage
UN: Pakistan Should Halt Forced Conversions, Marriages of Christian and Hindu Girls
Six Special Rapporteurs wrote to the government of Pakistan. They have now decided to publish their letter.
Chanda Maharaj: Kidnapper Claims the 15-Year-Old Girl Has a “Biological Age” of 18
A medical certificate puts again the Pakistani Hindu girl at risk of being delivered back to the man who forcibly converted her to Islam, raped, and “married” her.
Uyghur Women Forced to Marry Han Chinese Men
Propaganda, incentives, and sheer coercion and blackmail have made the once rare interethnic marriages a daily occurrence.
Court Determines Chanda Maharaj is 16, But Does Not Allow Her to Go Home
Doctors confirmed that the Hindu girl kidnapped in Pakistan is a minor and freed her from her “husband.” But she was sent to a shelter home.
Pakistan: More Kidnapping, Forced Conversions of Hindu Girls
While protests for Chanda Mahraj continue, not even being married keeps young women from religious minorities safe from abduction.
Pakistan: Court Gives Back Hindu Girl to Her Kidnapper
One day after Chanda Maharaj was rescued by the police, a Pakistani court ruled she should go back to her Muslim “husband.”
Pakistan: Protests in Two Countries After Forced Conversion of Sikh Girl to Islam
A schoolteacher was abducted at gunpoint from her home, and forced to convert to Islam and marry the man who had raped her—“voluntarily,” a Pakistani court said.
Pakistan: Christian Girl of 14 “Magically” Turns 19 and Is Converted to Islam
In yet another case where conversion of a minor was condoned, the Court of Lahore accepted at face value the age on the marriage certificate.
Pakistan: Court Validates Conversion, Marriage of 13-Year-Old Christian Girl
According to the Lahore High Court, Nayab Gill is 19. But her birth certificate says she is 13.