By Freedom Firm and Free a Girl | -
We’d like to share with you Roopa’s story.
Roopa* testified bravely against her brothel keeper last year. Following that, another court hearing came up where the opposition lawyer had submitted a duplicate birth certificate of Roopa to try prove she was an adult and not a minor. Freedom Firm staff found out that this certificate was fabricated as it had the date of birth as 30th February, which clearly proves it is false. The public prosecutor asked the staff to approach Roopa’s family to get her original birth certificate and to encourage her parents to testify against the accused brothel keeper. So the social workers visited Roopa’s hometown to obtain her birth certificate, however, the family and villagers said that she did not have a birth certificate as she was born on a farm. The social workers, however, found a birth record in a register of a government nursery school that states her date of birth as 18 February 2001, making her 16 years old and a minor at the time she was held at the brothel. We are also grateful that Roopa’s parents have agreed to testify in court against the brothel keeper on the next court date.
Thank you for your continued support in this fight against sexual exploitation of girls!
By Freedom Firm - Free a Girl | -
By Free a Girl and Freedom Firm | -
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