20 April 2010

Court stops Muslim girls ‘being sent abroad for marriage’

Two Muslim girls have been stopped from travelling abroad in what is thought to be the first case of its kind in Northern Ireland, after a judge feared they were being sent for forced marriages. High Court judge Mr Justice Stephens, sitting in Belfast, imposed a forced marriage protection order for the girls aged 12 and 14. [belfasttelegraph.co.uk] Read more