{"id":973,"date":"2015-09-30T13:24:27","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T12:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.haloproject.org.uk\/blog\/?p=973"},"modified":"2015-09-30T12:26:10","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T11:26:10","slug":"documentary-lifts-the-lid-on-forced-marriage-and-honour-crime-in-greater-manchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.haloproject.org.uk\/blog\/documentary-lifts-the-lid-on-forced-marriage-and-honour-crime-in-greater-manchester\/","title":{"rendered":"Documentary lifts the lid on forced marriage and honour crime in Greater Manchester"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"item__content-block item__content-block--markdown\">\n<p>A documentary about forced marriages in Greater Manchester will be aired on Channel 4 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Forced Marriage Cops follows Greater Manchester Police investigating the &#8216;hidden crime&#8217;, after forcing someone to marry against their will was made illegal last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item__content-block item__content-block--quote newsapp-icon newsapp-icon-ui_icon-15\">\n<div class=\"quote\">\n<div class=\"quote__content\">\n<blockquote><p>&#8221;The victims of this type of crime are in relationships with the perpetrators and when I say relationships, I mean close relationships, it would be fathers, brothers, extended family, community members, people that they love and trust.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;So they have this dilemma of do I come forward and say something and what are the consequences for the people that I love and respect.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"quote__cite\"><cite class=\"quote__cite-text\">\u2013 DETECTIVE CHIEF INSPECTOR NICKY PORTER GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE<\/cite><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item__content-block item__content-block--markdown\">\n<p>The production uncovers the story of 26 year old Ruhksana, seeking police protection after escaping from her father who attacked her for seeing her boyfriend.<\/p>\n<p>Another victim, Sajida, was forced to marry when she was very young.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item__content-block item__content-block--quote newsapp-icon newsapp-icon-ui_icon-15\">\n<div class=\"quote\">\n<div class=\"quote__content\">\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;17 years ago I was taken abroad to get married to someone I didn&#8217;t know properly. I was very young at the time, I was 16.<\/p>\n<p>I was made to marry a person who for the next 13 years of my life physically and mentally abused me.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"quote__cite\"><cite class=\"quote__cite-text\">\u2013 FORCED MARRIAGE VICTIM, SAJIDA<\/cite><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item__content-block item__content-block--markdown\">\n<p>The filmmakers were given access to the biggest case of forced marriage that Greater Manchester Police has encountered, with a family of 15 at risk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news\/granada\/2015-09-29\/forced-marriage-cops-channel-4-documentary-airs-tomorrow\/\">http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news\/granada\/2015-09-29\/forced-marriage-cops-channel-4-documentary-airs-tomorrow\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A documentary about forced marriages in Greater Manchester will be aired on Channel 4 on Wednesday. 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