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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kristen Gelineau

'I feel trapped': Scores of underage Rohingya girls forced into abusive marriages in Malaysia

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In a bedroom in Malaysia that has become a prison, the 14-year-old girl wipes away tears as she sits cross-legged on the concrete floor. It is here, she says, where her 35-year-old husband rapes her nearly every night.

Last year, the Rohingya girl sacrificed herself to save her family, embarking on a terrifying journey from her homeland of Myanmar to a country she had never seen, to marry a man she had never met.

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