Forced Marriage

Parwana Malik was sold by her father in October after he couldn't afford food for the rest of the family.

"Terrified of being caught and being sent back to her husband," Anu Kumari begged boyfriend Ashu Kumar to marry her.

A 17-year-old girl told Newsweek that her family viewed her as a burden and she should get married now she no longer had exams.

"Unicef believes that marriage before the age of 18 is a fundamental violation of human rights – I agree and I believe it should be banned in this country," MP Pauline Latham said.

The young woman was rescued just days before the wedding.

The man, who is an engineer, was quoted by local media saying one of the bride's family members pointed a gun at him after the two had met at a mutual friend's wedding and ordered him to marry her.

Pakistani authorities arrested the woman, her lover and his aunt under anti-terror laws.

The killers lure their victims abroad, knowing that they're more likely to get away with the crime.

After Dina Ali Lasloom was apparently kidnapped to be returned to a forced marriage, Human Rights Watch starts #SaveDinaAli.

Perpetrators beat the schoolteacher, drenched her in gasoline and set her on fire.