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1	The Telegraph, Muslim girl 'attacked by siblings by kiss' I 2 Feb 2012 Muslim teenager Shamima Akhtar was kidnapped, imprisoned and had her hair cut off after her family saw her kiss a white man on her 18th birthday, a court has heard.
2	BBC, Canada 'honour killings: Shafia family found guilty I 29 Jan 2012 Three members of an Afghan immigrant family in Canada have been convicted of murdering four female relatives in a so-called "honour" killing.
3	Daily Mail, White Girl dishonour on family I 22 Dec 2011 A vulnerable teenager was stabbed and thrown into a canal to die after she brought ‘shame’ on an Asian family, a court heard yesterday.
4	Daily Mail, Honour Baby I 22 Dec 2011 A baby girl born out of wedlock must be adopted to save her from the risk of being slaughtered in an ‘honour killing’, a court ruled yesterday.
5	Diana Wallis visits Karma Nirvana I 19 Dec 2011 On Friday Diana visited the HQ of Karma Nirvana, a registered charity which operates nationally, supporting victims and survivors of forced marriages and honour based violence.
6	BBC Newsbeat, New school teaching pack to help spot forced marriages I 14 Dec 2011 A new teaching pack designed to help teachers and pupils spot the signs of forced marriage is being launched in UK schools for the first time.
7	HOC Education Committee I 30 Nov 2011 Our Chair Kathy Rowe giving evidence at the Education Committee
8	Guardian, Tradition is not an excuse for abuse I 23 Nov 2011 One UK charity hopes that by raising awareness and enforcing legislation, early and forced marriage can be stopped.
9	BBC Politics, Young foreign spouses ban revoked after court case I 7 Nov 2011 The government is to change immigration rules after the Supreme Court declared its ban on non-EU foreign spouses aged under 21 coming to the UK was unlawful.
10	Voice of America - Forced Marriage Continues in many Countries I 29 Oct 2011 Young girls forced into marriage is still a reality in many parts of the world, and it doesn't just happen in developing nations. Activists, African first ladies and victims gathered at a conference in Los Angeles to talk about the...
11	The Daily Beast, Newsweek Magazine I 18 Sept 2011 Forced weddings and ‘honor’ killings aren’t just a developing-world issue. New research shows how it happens in England and the United States.
12	Radio 4 - The House I Grew Up In I 18 Aug 2011 Jasvinder Sanghera, campaigner against forced marriages, returns to her Sikh childhood in Derby. She ran away from home aged 15, causing a family rift which never fully healed.
13	Make forced marriages illegal say survivors I 4 July 2011 The only time Saima Ahmed breaks down while recounting her forced marriage is when she retells the moment a family friend tracked her down and plunged a knife into her stomach for running away from home.
14	Time To Make Forced Marriage Illegal? Time To Make Forced Marriage Illegal?
15	MPs call for forced marriage to be made a criminal offence Forced marriage should be made a criminal offence to send a stronger message that it will not be tolerated, says a report by a cross-party group of MPs today, which criticises the lack of progress by successive governments on the issue.
16	Forced marriages victims put issue in spotlight Forced marriages victims put issue in spotlight
17	Yorkshire Post: Jasvinder's BBC Documentary Jasvinder Sanghera travelled to India to find a sister she'd never met because of a decades-long feud over forced marriage. Sheena Hastings reports.
18	Radio 1 Newsbeat Karma Nirvana were involved with BBC Radio 1's Newbeat story which highlighted the issues of Forced Marriages amoungst young girls.
19	Forced Marriage Awareness Tour Kicks Off Forced Marriage Awareness Tour Kicks Off
20	Jasvinder in Guardian's International Top 100 Women Jasvinder Sanghera who is named among the Guardian's list of 100 of the world's most inspirational women was on the very first MP shadowing scheme that OBV undertook back in 1999.
21	Nigerian woman Jailed A London woman who sent her teenage son to their native Nigeria because she disapproved of his lifestyle has been jailed for eight months.
22	Daily Mail - The Unpalatable truth about Forced Marriage Britain's first Muslim peer has linked unhappy arranged marriages to the grooming of girls by Asian gangs. His courage to speak out should be applauded, not vilified.
23	European Foundation for Democracy \| 8th February 2011 On 20th - 21st January, 2010, EFD participated in a series of events in Sweden to commemorate the 9th anniversary of the murder of Fadime Sahindal, a young Kurdish-Swedish woman, shot by her father in 2002 for the crime of offending the family's code of honour. What was Fadime's crime? She had a Swedish boyfriend. For that, she was shot dead
24	Yorkshire Post \| 8th February 2011 THE chief executive of a group dedicated to supporting victims of honour-based violence demanded the Government begin a nationwide campaign of zero tolerance yesterday.
25	Telegraph & Argus \| 7th February 2011 Forced marriage and so-called honour killing are better-aired subjects in the media than probably anywhere else in society.
26	The Times - FMPO \| 3rd February 2011 Thousands of young people put at risk as families defy courts over forced marriage.
27	Harry Potter Star Abused \| 21st December 2010 A Harry Potter actress fled her home after her father and brother threatened to kill her for going out with a Hindu man, a court heard yesterday. Afshan Azad, 22, who appeared in the blockbuster movies as Padma Patil, was attacked and branded a 'slag' when Muslim relatives found out about her boyfriend.
28	The Daily Mail Article \| 12th November 2010 Men extradited from Iraq to face British justice handed life sentence for honour killing of 20-year-old woman