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
20 April 2010
Court stops Muslim girls ‘being sent abroad for marriage’
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