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- The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) updated its guidance on honor-based abuse to include spiritual and immigration-related exploitation, including dowry abuse and transnational marriage abandonment.
- Prosecutors should apply existing domestic abuse laws to these cases.
- Selma Taha of Southall Black Sisters stressed recognizing these issues, which often affect marginalized women.
- The CPS also provided guidance on virginity testing and spiritual abuse after recent legal changes to improve safeguarding and accountability.
