More than 20 percent of brides kidnapped for marriage in Kyrgyzstan
More than 20 percent of brides in
According to human rights activists, kidnapping of a woman for marriage in rural areas occurs almost twice as often as in urban areas.
Studies indicate that over two-thirds of the adult population of the republic (65 percent of women and almost 70 percent of men) means religious rituals by marriage: nikah for Muslims and church wedding for Christians, which do not produce any legal consequences of marriage.
According to Article 155 of the Criminal Code of the
