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child marriage

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Claim: A video on social media shows a young girl in Pakistan being forcefully married to a 40 year old man.  Fact: The claim is false as the video is actually from Bangladesh. Since 2023, the video has been shared in different contexts, ranging from forced marriage to forced divorce and workplace disputes. On 24 […]

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Claim: A video on social media shows a 9-year-old Hindu girl, Reshma, who was forcibly abducted and taken to a Sufi shrine, where she was converted to Islam and married to a 45-year-old Muslim man from Jacobabad named Wazir Hussain. Fact: The claim is false as the video is from 2019 and shows a girl […]

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Claim: Viral image shows a 9-year-old Hindu girl Reshma who was forcibly abducted, taken to a Sufi shrine, converted to Islam and married to a 45-year-old Muslim man from Jacobabad named Wazir Hussain Fact:  The girl in the image was saved from a child marriage marriage by the Kashmore police. Her parents had sold her […]

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Claim: The Sindh High Court has released culprits in Arzoo Raja abduction case, charges have been dismissed, as judge remarked that it is not a case of rape. Fact: Offence of Rape was declared and the court ordered the absconders to be arrested. On 13 October 2020, Arzoo Raja, a thirteen year-old Christian girl, was […]

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