Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-08-09 09:13:24 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 696A11A2E367369E9D7EC7B721E0EA035F41194FED274C3E22C4AB0EEBC40B61
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The new amendments would allow figures from "the offices of the Shiite and Sunni endowments" to finalize marriages rather than the courts, which may lead those figures to abuse the law and finalize marriages for girls under the age of 18. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iraq-women-campaigners-condemn-amendments-could-see-children-married
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