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In a significant legal victory, a Family Court in Pakistan has annulled the forced marriage of Reeha Saleem, a Christian girl abducted in 2019 on her way home from school. The court ruled that the marriage to her Muslim neighbor, under which she was coerced into converting to Islam, was not valid.
Reeha, who was a 17-year-old student at the time of her abduction, testified that her signature on the marriage certificate was obtained through coercion, says legal advocacy group ADF International, which represented her in court through its local allies.
The court found that she did not marry her abductor, Muhammad Abbas, willfully. Abbas, who repeatedly failed to appear in court despite several notices, was judged in absentia during ex-parte proceedings.
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Reeha, who was a 17-year-old student at the time of her abduction, testified that her signature on the marriage certificate was obtained through coercion, says legal advocacy group ADF International, which represented her in court through its local allies.
The court found that she did not marry her abductor, Muhammad Abbas, willfully. Abbas, who repeatedly failed to appear in court despite several notices, was judged in absentia during ex-parte proceedings.
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Pakistani Christian girl freed from forced marriage to Muslim abductor
In a significant legal victory, a Family Court in Pakistan has annulled the forced marriage of Reeha Saleem, a Christian girl abducted in 2019 on her way home from school The court ruled that the ...
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