The ‘Personal Status Law’ approved without a parliamentary vote alarms activists and civil society. The fear of a ‘disintegration’ of the family and a step backwards in the rol ...
Iraq Passes Law That Could Legalise Child Marriage For Girls As Young As 9, Activists Criticise Move
For Shia Muslims, who make up a majority in the country, the lowest age of marriage for girls will be nine years old, while ...
MP says new Personal Status Law amendment no longer allows child marriage but concerns remain over impact of legislation ...
Iraq passes shocking amendments allowing child marriage from age nine, sparking international human rights criticism and deep ...
Iraq's parliament ammended a law protecting girls against child marriage, now allowing brides as young as 9 years old.
IRAQ has effectively legalised child marriage, with girls as young as nine being able to marry after amendments to decades ...
"Death, death to Saddam!" chanted Imam Husham Al-Husainy through a megaphone at a pro-war rally broadcast by C-SPAN in Washington, D.C., in October 2002, countering a nearby anti-war rally as the ...
Iraq is trying to convince powerful armed factions in the country that have fought U.S. forces and fired rockets and drones ...
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