Adan Sabir, 18
After escaping her abductor, Adan and her family were forced to move from place to place every few days to stay alive.
Maria Shahbaz, 13
In a controversial ruling on March 25, 2026, a court in Pakistan upheld the validity of the marriage of a 13-year-old Christian girl, Maria Shahbaz, to a 40-year-old Muslim man, raising serious concerns over the protection of minors and the rights of religious minorities in the country.
Huma Younus, 14
On October 10, 2019, then-14-year-old Huma Younus was taken from her home in Karachi while her parents were away. She was abducted, forced to convert to Islam, and coerced into marrying her captor, Abdul Jabbar. Despite her family’s desperate attempts to seek justice, the courts turned a blind eye to her suffering, and her whereabouts are unknown.
Laiba Masih, 10
Laiba's father says she was abducted by a 40-year-old man practicing polygamy with three wives. Her captor declined to hand the girl over to her parents, arguing that she had converted her to Islam and, therefore, she could not be returned to her Christian parents.
Farah Shaheen, 12
In June 2020, Farah Shaheen, a 12-year-old Christian girl, was forcefully abducted from Faisalabad by a 45-year-old man named Khizar Ahmad Ali. He compelled her to convert to Islam, married her against her will, and then shackled and confined her within a cattle pen under deplorable working conditions.