Send us home: Abducted, converted, married, 2 minor Hindu sisters plead outside Pak court
- Two minor Hindu sisters aged 13 and 14 were reportedly abducted, forcibly converted to Islam, and married to Muslim men in Sindh, Pakistan, but the court ordered their transfer to a safe house instead of sending them to their parents.
- The sisters pleaded outside the court to be returned to their parents, while minority-rights activists demanded independent verification of their ages and wishes under legal safeguards.
- Another 14-year-old Hindu girl was reportedly abducted and converted in the same district, with community representatives claiming multiple abductions of minor Hindu girls in a short span.
- The Sindh Child Marriages Restraint Act, 2013, defines persons under 18 as children and prohibits child marriage, making such arrangements cognisable, non-bailable, and non-compoundable offences, requiring full investigation if ages are confirmed.
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Forced Religious Conversion in Sindh: Minor Hindu girls abducted, forcibly converted to Islam, married to Muslim men
JAMMU: Two minor Hindu girls, identified as Roopi and Seeta, daughters of a man identified as Raamji, were reportedly abducted from their house, forcibly converted to Islam and married off to Muslim men Amjad Solangi and Mansoor Solangi. A video of the girls crying inconsolably outside a court has now gone viral in Tando Allahyar district of Sindh. In the video, the sisters are pleading that they be sent to their home so that they reunite with t…
Outside a Pakistani court, two Hindu women sobbed and pleaded to be allowed to go home. Instead, the court sent them to a safe house. This incident is even more serious because, within 10 days, six cases of kidnapping and forced conversion of minor Hindu girls have already been reported in the district.
Send us home: Abducted, converted, married, 2 minor Hindu sisters plead outside Pak court
Two Hindu sisters in Pakistan's Sindh, who were abducted, forcefully converted and married to Muslim men, pleaded to return home after a court sent them to a safe house. The case highlights the continued atrocities on Hindu minorities in Pakistan and also the instances of abductions, conversions and forced marriages of Hindu girls in Sindh's Tando Allahyar district.
Pakistan court orders safe house for two Hindu sisters amid forced marriage and conversion allegations in Sindh province, sparking human rights concerns.
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