Police were called to Disneyland Paris over a fake wedding involving a child dressed up as a bride.

Chief Minister Himata Biswa Sarma Friday reported more than 4000 cases of men marrying underage girls in the Indian state of Assam with over 1800 arrests. “Assam [Government] is firm in its resolve to ...

India: Crackdown on underage marriage, 1,800 men arrested 02/03/2023 February 3, 2023. Police in the state of Assam began arresting over 1,800 people violating underage marriage laws.

More arrests are likely and will include people who help to register such marriages in temples and mosques. India has the largest number of child brides in the world at around 223 million.

One child forced into marriage is one too many.” Under California law, it’s statutory rape when an adult has sex with someone younger than 18, if they are not married.

At present, an estimated 12 million girls are becoming child brides each year. But over the past 25 years, the rate at which such marriages take place has been slowing. In 1997, 25 per cent of ...

In the eighth day of trial on Friday, two girls given to Bateman as child brides echoed previous testimony that Bistline Jr. pressured them to marry Bateman in 2020 knowing they’d be sexually abused. ...

R.J., the then-14-year-old child bride who is now 18, said she was given by Bateman to Bistline Jr. in marriage, but never had sex with him, as Bateman took her back the same day. The second witness, ...

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Police in Assam have arrested more than 1,800 men for marrying or arranging marriages to underage girls, launching what the eastern Indian state's chief minister said on Friday was the start of a ...

Since 2019, the state has reported fewer than 20 child marriages. But in 2021, about 8,800 15- to 17-year-olds in California reported being married in the previous 12 months to the U.S. Census ...

Indian Police Arrest 1,800 Men in Crackdown on Underage Marriage ... The United Nations estimates that the country is home to the largest number of child brides in the world at around 223 million.