Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Chechen Forced Marriage Scandal

By Valarie

Polygamous marriage has been embraced in various societies. The police commander, Nazhud Guchigov of Chechen is 46-years-old and has one wife. The girl given for marriage goes by the name Kheda Goylabiyeva. The Chechen leader is marring a 17 yr old teenager whose family is reported to have been forced to give her up for marriage. Following the discussion of the morality of the issue on the whatsapp, Chechnya's Kadyrov calls for husbands to deprive their wives the freedom to use the social app, whatsapp and Nazhud has refused to address the issue to the media.The reporter who gave the story has fled due to fear that she was in danger. Apparently the Russian Presidents does support the polygamous marriage.

http://www.euronews.com/2015/05/17/chechen-leader-backs-forced-marriage-of-police-chief-to-teenage-girl/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32802456

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