Veil lifted on Kyrgyzstan bride kidnappings

[Article] Campaigners in Kyrgyzstan are finding new ways of trying to raise awareness of the practice of bride kidnapping, which remains widespread in the former Soviet republic, despite tough new laws intended to tackle the issue.

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Today, Gulzhan is a successful journalist in Kyrgyzstan.But just three years ago, her life took a sinister turn: she was kidnapped, taken to the home of an unknown man and told she had to marry him. She's one of an estimated 12,000 women and girls abducted in the country each year and offered to potential...
This article was published Wednesday, 30 August, 2017 by AFP (287 words)
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