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Court in Pakistan Orders Abducted Christian Teen to Rejoin Her Family
02/18/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – On February 16, a Sessions Court in Pakistan ordered that Farah Shaheen, a 13-year-old Christian girl, rejoin her family after being abducted and forcefully married to a 45-year-old Muslim man. The decision brings to a close an eight-month legal battle over the custody of the Christian teen.
Shaheen’s parents reported to police that three Muslims, including 45-year-old Khizar Hayat, abducted Shaheen from their home on June 25. After the abduction, Shaheen’s parents claim their daughter was forcefully married to Hayat and converted to Islam.
On December 5, 2020, Shaheen was recovered by police from the home of Hayat. Human rights activists reported Shaheen had marks of abuse on her body and was transferred to a shelter home by local courts.
“The case has been taken up by the parliamentary committee of human rights in the Senate of Pakistan and police are attending the committee’s hearings. She confessed before the magistrate … that she married Khizer Hayat of her own free will and she wants to live with him,” said Musaddiq Riaz, a detective with Faisalabad police
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The father of the girl – who is not being named to protect her identity – told the Guardian that the police had discovered his daughter at a house in Hafizabad, 110km (68 miles) from her home.
“They repeatedly raped my daughter. She was in trauma after being subjected to physical and mental torture. They had forcibly converted her to Islam. She was kept as a slave and forced to work having a chain attached to her ankles. Police were not registering my complaint and threatened me [for] being a minority Christian and used discriminatory remarks,” he said.
Advocates in Pakistan Fear 12-Year-Old Christian Could Be Returned to Abductor
01/31/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – According to Morning Star News, advocates for a 12-year-old Christian girl found chained in the home of a 45-year-old Muslim man in Pakistan fear he will be granted custody of the girl by local courts. This comes after the Christian girl testified she had converted to Islam and married the man of her own free will.
On December 5, 2020, police in Faisalabad recovered Farah Shaheen, a 12-year-old Christian girl who was reportedly abducted from her family in June. Human rights activists reported Shaheen had marks of abuse on her body and was transferred to a shelter home by local courts.
Police in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province have withdrawn criminal charges against three Muslim men accused of abducting a 12-year-old Christian girl who was forced to marry one of the accused, tortured and chained up in a cattle pen for up to five months.