Thursday, April 27, 2006

Government planning to criminalise forced marriages / Asians In Media magazine, 27 Apr 2006

http://www.asiansinmedia.org/news/article.php/current_affairs/1303: "Under current laws it is impossible to charge parents even if it can be proven the child has been forced into marriage. The police can only charge guardians for related offences such as kidnapping, false imprisonment, assault and harassment. "