Lawsuit on the Abuse of a Hmong Girl Goes Public

A lawsuit currently underway in Minnesota in which Panyia Vang is seeking $450,000 from the American who raped and impregnated her, thereby forcing her to be a child bride in the Hmong tradition. The case is shedding light on practices of child marriage among the Hmong.

Read more at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/09/28/the-open-secret-of-abused-hmong-child-brides-goes-public-in-minnesota-law-suit/

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