Gender: Female

Perpetrator: Pakistan

Religion or Belief: Hindu

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: March//2019

Current Status: Forced Renunciation of Faith

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Forced Renunciation of Faith

Reason for Persecution: Children’s Rights Religious Activity Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Not Applicable

Raveena

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Raveena was forced to renounce her faith.

In March 2019, armed men reportedly kidnapped Raveena, a Hindu girl who was 15-years old at the time, and her sister Reena, who was 14-years old at the time, from their home in Gotki district, Sindh province.

At a later date in March 2019, the two girls were converted to Islam and married to Muslim men. Raveena's age was registered as 19 on the conversion and legal documents. Raveena reportedly got married in Punjab province, where the legal age to get married is 16 as opposed to Sindh, which is 18.

In late March 2019, the Islamabad High Court ordered that Raveena and her sister be placed in a women's shelter after their family filed a first information report (FIR) alleging the two had been abducted for conversion purposes. 

On April 11, 2019, the Islamabad High Court ruled that Raveena and her sister had not been forced to convert religions and allowed them to continue living with their husbands.

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