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A Landmark Trial of Sierra Leone’s Child Marriage Ban
Human Progress
“For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday in the capital city, Freetown, charged with the forcible marriage of a 17-year-old girl… The president of the all-female lawyers' […] The post A Landmark Trial of Sierra Leone’s Child Marriage Ban appeared first on Human Progress.
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