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16/12/2008
Doctor 'wins fight against forced marriage' |
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An NHS doctor being held captive and forced into marriage in Bangladesh has reportedly been released and is retuning to the UK.
This is the first time that the Forced Marriages Act has been used to help someone who is not a British National, according to the BBC.
The High Court issued an injunction under the Act, introduced in November, demanding trainee GP Humayra Abedin's return to the UK after she was tricked into retuning to Bangladesh and held prisoner by her parents.
A similar ruling was reportedly issued by the High Court in Dhaka - although the UK injunction against the doctor's family had no jurisdiction there.
Individuals in Britain are protected against being forced to enter into marriage without their free and full consent under the Act.
The Forced Marriage Unit is the UK has handled over 1,300 cases of a similar nature during the first nine months of 2008 - up by almost 80 per cent over the same period of 2007 - according to the news provider. |
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