Cruel tradition: How Kazakhstan fights 'bride kidnapping' – DW – 01/19/2025 Victims lose their families, their friends and their future. In Kazakhstan, activists, lawyers and politicians are drafting new laws to fight an old and destructive tradition.

⚖️🌸A new law in 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan now makes #ForcedMarriage and #BrideAbduction specific crimes, with penalties of up to 10 years in prison 🚫👰‍♀️. It closes a loophole that once let perpetrators walk free and follows strong activist pressure and presidential support 💪🏽💬 🌍💖✨.