Bride kidnapping, also known as marriage by abduction or marriage by capture, involves a man abducting the woman he wishes to marry. The woman is often taken unexpectedly and sometimes forced into ...

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — The president of Kyrgyzstan has approved legislation toughening the penalty for the broadly practiced custom of bride-kidnapping. President Almazbek Atamabyev’s office said ...

BISHKEK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Walking proudly down a catwalk, the lights and glamor seemed like a lifetime away from Elzat Kazakbaeva's nightmare ordeal five years ago when she was grabbed ...

Victims lose their families, their friends and their future. In Kazakhstan, activists, lawyers and politicians are drafting new laws to fight an old and destructive tradition. In Kazakhstan, the ...