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{{Short description|Bangladeshi doctor of medicine}}
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| honorific_prefix = [[Doctor of Medicine|Dr]]
| name = Humayra Abedin
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| education = [[Master of Public Health]]
| alma_mater = [[Dhaka Medical College]]<br />[[University of Leeds]]
| occupation = [[General practitioner]]
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'''Humayra Abedin''' (born 2 March 1976) is a Bangladeshi doctor of medicine who worked for the [[National Health Service (England)|National Health Service]] in the United Kingdom and became a [[cause célèbre]] after her parents tried to [[Forced marriage|force her into marriage]] and held her captive until she was freed by court order

==Education and career==
Abedin was born and brought up in [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]]. She is the only child of her parents, Mohammad Joynal Abedin, (born 1932), a retired businessman who at that time owned a clothing factory and several shops, and Begum Sofia Kamal, (born 1941), a housewife.<ref name="independent2">{{cite news |last=Jones|first=Aiden|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/forced-marriage-i-cant-forgive-or-forget-what-they-did-to-me-1732170.html|title=Forced marriage: 'I can't forgive or forget what they did to me'|newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=5 July 2009|access-date=1 June 2013}}</ref><ref name="guardian6">{{cite news |last=Jones|first=Aiden|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/dec/20/forced-marriage-case?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487|title=Doctor held captive in Bangladesh was bound and drugged, court told|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=20 December 2008|access-date=1 June 2013}}</ref> She studied at [[Viqarunnisa Noon School and College]] in Dhaka before training as a [[Doctor of Medicine|doctor]] at [[Dhaka Medical College]].

In September 2002, she came to England to study for a master's degree in [[public health]] at the [[University of Leeds]].<ref name="guardian6"/><ref name="guardian3">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/dec/16/gp-bangladesh-forced-marriage?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487|title='Forced marriage' GP arrives in UK from Bangladesh|newspaper=The Guardian|date=16 December 2008|access-date=22 April 2011}}</ref> In 2008, she was training to become a [[general practitioner]] at [[Whipps Cross Hospital]] in [[East End of London|East]] London.<ref name="bbc1">{{cite news |last=Nye|first=James|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7782182.stm|title=Court supports forced marriage GP|work= [[BBC News]]|date=15 December 2008|access-date=15 December 2008}}</ref> She moved to London and was training to become a registrar at a GP surgery in east London.<ref name="guardian1">{{cite news |last=Bowcott|first=Owen|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/dec/14/bangladesh-doctor|title='Forced marriage' doctor can return to UK from Bangladesh|newspaper=The Guardian |date=14 December 2008|access-date=22 April 2011}}</ref>

==Legal case==
Abedin's Muslim family became angry after they learned she had a long-term relationship with a Bangladeshi man she met in London, who works as a software engineer.<ref name="independent1"/><ref name="guardian4"/>

Since May 2008, her family made several attempts to keep her away from him and to force her into marriage.<ref name="independent1">{{cite news |title=London doctor is held as forced marriage hostage |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/london-doctor-is-held-as-forced-marriage-hostage-1055684.html |newspaper=The Independent |date=7 December 2008 |access-date=1 June 2013}}</ref>

At the end of June 2008, the [[Metropolitan Police]] launched an inquiry, after she was held captive in her flat by her mother and uncle, who visited for several days. Her case had also been taken up by Interpol.<ref name="independent1"/>

In August 2008, her family convinced her to return to Bangladesh by claiming her mother was seriously ill. They then hid her passport and plane ticket, and held her captive since 5 August.<ref name="independent1"/>

On 13 August 2008, Abedin was taken from the family home to an ambulance, taken to a private clinic, given drugs and kept there until 5 November 2008.<ref name="guardian5">{{cite news |last=Walker |first=Peter |date=19 December 2008 |title=NHS doctor saved from forced marriage gets court safeguards |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/dec/19/humayra-abedin-forced-marriage |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=1 June 2013}}</ref><ref name="telegraph19">{{cite news |last=Bingham |first=John |date=19 December 2008 |title=Forced marriage doctor 'was drugged in Bangladeshi psychiatric clinic' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/bangladesh/3851698/Forced-marriage-doctor-was-drugged-in-Bangladeshi-psychiatric-clinic.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=1 June 2013}}</ref>

After succeeding in getting messages to her friends to say that she was being held against her will,<ref name="sky1">{{cite news|title=Forced Marriage: 'Doctor Drugged' |url=http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/15175225 |work=[[Sky News]] |date=9 December 2008 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630080623/http://news.sky.com/story/654783/forced-marriage-doctor-drugged |archive-date=30 June 2013 |access-date=1 June 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="telegraph14">{{cite news |last=McElroy |first=Damien |date=14 December 2008 |title=Judge orders GP's family to let her fly home |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/bangladesh/3758645/Judge-orders-GPs-family-to-let-her-fly-home.html |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=1 June 2013}}</ref> a series of legal moves were instituted on her behalf. Abedin instructed her lawyers to annul the marriage on her behalf.<ref name="guardian4">{{cite news |last=Pidd |first=Helen |date=17 December 2008 |title=NHS doctor 'was forced to marry' in Bangladesh |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/dec/17/law-bangladesh?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=1 June 2013}}</ref><ref name="metro">{{cite news |title=Doctor court plea to annul marriage |url=http://www.metro.co.uk/news/453038-doctor-court-plea-to-annul-marriage |newspaper=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |date=19 December 2008|access-date=1 June 2013}}</ref>

In December 2008, after her family ignored orders from the Bangladeshi high court to bring Abedin to court. On 5 December 2008, The high court issued an order under the [[Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007|Forced Marriage Act]], which makes it illegal to force someone into a marriage against their will. It is thought to be the first time the legislation has been used to help a foreign national who was living abroad.<ref name="guardian3"/> in what is believed to be the first use of the act relating to a foreign national.<ref name="guardian4"/>

On 14 December 2008, two judges ruled that she must remain in custody in a court in Dhaka until she returned to Britain.<ref name="sky2">{{cite news|title='Forced Marriage' Doc Is Released |url=http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/15179725 |work=Sky News |date=14 December 2008 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630080450/http://news.sky.com/story/655953/forced-marriage-doc-is-released |archive-date=30 June 2013 |access-date=1 June 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Abedin then flew from Dhaka to London.<ref name="cnn">{{cite news |title=Kidnapped doctor freed from parents in Bangladesh |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/15/britain.doctor.forced.marriage/index.html |work=[[CNN]] |date=15 December 2008 |access-date=1 June 2013}}</ref> On 16 December 2008, she arrived in the UK.<ref name="guardian3"/>

On 19 December 2008, she won high court protection from any renewed attempts to remove her from the UK.<ref name="guardian5"/> Injunctions were issued against Abedin's parents, a paternal uncle and the man she was allegedly forced to marry.<ref name="bbc2">{{cite news |title=Court supports forced marriage GP |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7791653.stm |work=BBC News |date=19 December 2008 |access-date=1 June 2013}}</ref> Further orders were granted to protect and prevent Abedin from being removed from the UK again.<ref name="telegraph18">{{cite news |last=Bingham |first=John |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/3850790/Forced-marriage-doctor-cannot-be-abucted-from-UK-court-rule.html |title=Court supports forced marriage GP |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=19 December 2008 |access-date=1 June 2013}}</ref> Abedin refused to press charges against her parents.<ref name="guardian6"/><ref name="telegraph14"/><ref name="guardian2">{{cite news |last1=Bowcott |first1=Owen |last2=Percival |first2=Jenny |date=15 December 2008 |title=Bangladeshi 'forced marriage' GP due back in Britain tomorrow |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/dec/15/gp-bangladesh-forced-marriage |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=1 June 2013}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[British Bangladeshi]]
* [[List of British Bangladeshis]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/dec/19/statement-nhs-doctor-abedin-forced-marriage?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 Statement from Humayra Abedin, NHS doctor forced into marriage in Bangladesh]. ''[[The Guardian]]''. 19 December 2008
* [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/forced-marriage-i-cant-forgive-or-forget-what-they-did-to-me-1732170.html Forced marriage: 'I can't forgive or forget what they did to me']. ''[[The Independent]]''. 5 July 2009

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[[Category:1976 births]]
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[[Category:Bangladeshi expatriates in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi general practitioners]]
[[Category:Physicians from Dhaka]]
[[Category:People from Upton Park, London]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Leeds]]
[[Category:Forced marriage]]
[[Category:Dhaka Medical College alumni]]
[[Category:Viqarunnisa Noon School and College alumni]]
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