Published: June 21st, 2018 Updated: June 21st, 2018
Police issue safeguarding order to protect male victim from honour-based abuse
A British man who was promised into marriage at five years old has become the first male in South Yorkshire to be granted a forced marriage protection order.
The teenage boy and his three younger siblings were all protected from becoming victims of forced marriage. The 19-year-old had received threats for not complying to a pre-arranged marriage, to which his parents had agreed when he was five.
It is the first time South Yorkshire police have issued a safeguarding order to protect a male victim from honour-based abuse.
DI Suzanne Jackson said the case was “a huge step forward”.
She said: “This truly highlights how no thoughts are given to the feelings or the longer-term impact caused to victims and their welfare. Understandably it can be very difficult for children and victims who often feel unable to report and potentially prosecute their parents.”
The additional protection orders were a preventative tactic, officers said, “as it is recognised siblings and family members are at greater risk of honour-based abuse if it has already occurred within a family”.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jun/20/south-yorkshire-man-wins-protection-order-in-forced-marriage-first
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