The little girl cries during the child marriage ceremony
A heartbreaking footage has revealed the shocking moment a child
forced to marry an older man bursts into tears. The incident took place
during an arranged mass wedding in India.
Most of the girls were crying but in one distressing clip a
10-year-old girl weeps uncontrollably as she holds the hand of her
teenage partner.
The girl has her head covered with a fuschia-coloured scarf and is
span round by her father and another man as she desperately pleads for
help.
The video was recorded over the weekend in Chittorgarh, a city in
Rajasthan, northern India, a state in the country that is prevalent for
child marriages.
In another clip, a faith leader - conducting the Hindu ritual - is also seen scolding the children for crying.
Many have condemned the act and said that forcing the children into
marriage is a violation of their fundamental human rights. The police
are looking into the matter.
The legal age for girls and boys to marry in India is 18 and 21
respectively but according to UNICEF India is home to a third of the
world's total child brides.
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