UK: Lawyers 'ignore forced marriages'
Source:
BBC Solicitors are afraid of being branded racist if they intervene to stop forced marriages, the Law Society has said.
Website Link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3576755.stm
Submitted on Tue, 03/30/2004 - 01:00
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