Additional Name(s): Zarvia Parvez

Gender: Female

Perpetrator: Pakistan

Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: April/30/2022

Current Status: Forced Renunciation of Faith

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Forced Renunciation of Faith

Reason for Persecution: Children’s Rights Religious Activity Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Not Applicable

Zarvia Pervaiz

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Zarvia Pervaiz was forced to renounce her faith.

On April 30, 2022, Pervaiz – 12 years old at the time – went missing after going shopping with one of her abductors, who had previously been living with Pervaiz and her family. Parvez’s family filed a first information report (FIR) the day after her disappearance.

On an unspecified date, Pervaiz was reportedly forced to convert and marry one of her abductors.

On an unspecified date, Pervaiz was recovered, and her abductors arrested.

On May 14, 2022, police reportedly recommend filing no charges in court, and so Pervaiz's abductors were released.  She was subsequently released into their custody.

On August 18, 2022, a judge from the Rawalpindi Bench of the Lahore High Court dismissed her parents’ case to return her into their custody, reportedly saying Pervaiz got married “out of her free will.”

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