India arrests 1,000 people in child marriage crackdown
More than 1,000 people were arrested Tuesday in India’s remote northeast during the second government crackdown on
India arrests 1,000 people in child marriage crackdown

More than 1,000 people were arrested Tuesday in India’s remote northeast during the second government crackdown on illegal child marriages in the region this year, authorities said. India is home to more than 220 million child brides, according to UN figures, but the number of child weddings has fallen dramatically this century. Assam state had […]

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