The first criminal cases for forced marriage have been registered in Kazakhstan, according to the General Prosecutor’s Office.

Kazakhstan has taken a historic step to end one of its most ... Police confirmed that forcing someone into marriage will now bring a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, while bride kidnapping has ...

Every fourth marriage registration application has been made online in Kazakhstan this year, director of the promotion and marketing department of the National Information Technologies company Dinara ...

Young women are abducted, often in broad daylight, and taken to a man’s house, where they are pressured into accepting his marriage proposal. It’s illegal in both countries but recently the president ...