There are many types of forced marriage in this world, but perhaps the most dramatic is marriage by abduction, or bride kidnapping. Bride kidnapping is common in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, the ...

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Wedding ceremonies in the mountainous Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan traditionally are accompanied by folk songs and, increasingly, Russian pop music — but these days ...

OSH, Kyrgyzstan -- An RFE/RL correspondent in Kyrgyzstan's southern city of Osh has been attacked and beaten near a wedding procession. Ydyrys Isakov was driving to work on August 5 when three cars ...

JALAL-ABAD, Kyrgyzstan, June 24 (UNHCR) - Sixty-year-old grandmother Mavludahon spent months putting aside wheat and other food for her son's wedding in the autumn. But over the past two weeks, she ...