Garjon Al-emrun

Oct 4, 2023 | leads.ap.org | Kristen Gelineau |Victoria Milko |McKinnon De Kuyper |Garjon Al-emrun

Underage Rohingya girls are forced into abusive marriages in Malaysia so their families in Bangladesh can eat. In safehouses, AP met with child brides who managed to get unlocked from their bedrooms to share their plights. Human rights workers warned it would be almost impossible to track the girls down. Yet an AP team not only found them, but interviewed them without putting them at risk of reprisal.