Maira Shahbaz

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Maira Shahbaz was subjected to forced renunciation of faith.

In April 2020, three men abducted at gunpoint 14-year-old Maira Shahbaz, forced her to renounce her Christian faith, convert to Islam, and marry one of her captors. Her family subsequently filed suit challenging her abductor's marriage documents, which claimed Shahbaz was 19 years old. In July 2020, the Faisalabad District and Sessions Court ordered that Shahbaz be placed in a women's shelter until the Lahore High Court heard her case. 

In August 2020, the Lahore High Court ordered that Shahbaz be returned to her abductor's custody. 

Later in August 2020, Shahbaz escaped from her abductor and reunited with her family. She reported that her abductor had threatened to kill her family and release videos of her being sexually assaulted if she refused his demands. Shahbaz and her family went into hiding.

After years of hiding, Shahbaz was resettled.