{"id":7405,"date":"2024-07-29T06:21:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T06:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=7405"},"modified":"2024-07-29T06:21:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T06:21:14","slug":"mum-jailed-for-forcing-daughter-into-fatal-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=7405","title":{"rendered":"Mum jailed for forcing daughter into fatal marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A mother has become the first person to be jailed under Australia\u2019s forced marriage laws, for ordering her daughter to wed a man who would later murder the 21-year-old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sakina Muhammad Jan, who is in her late 40s, was found guilty of coercing Ruqia Haidari to marry 26-year-old Mohammad Ali Halimi in 2019, in exchange for a small payment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Six weeks after the nuptials, Halimi killed his new bride &#8211; a crime for which he is now serving a life sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, Jan &#8211; who pleaded not guilty &#8211; was sentenced to at least a year in jail, for what a judge called the \u201cintolerable pressure\u201d she had placed on her daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Forced marriage laws were introduced in Australia in 2013 and carry a maximum penalty of seven years imprisonment. There are several cases pending, but Jan is the first person to be sentenced for the offence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An Afghan Hazara refugee who fled persecution from the Taliban and migrated to regional Victoria with her five-children in 2013, Jan&#8217;s lawyers have said she suffers enduring &#8220;grief&#8221; over the death of her daughter but continues to maintain her innocence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The trial heard that Haidari had been first forced to enter an unofficial religious marriage at the age of 15 &#8211; a union that ended after two years &#8211; and did not want to marry again until she was 27 or 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-ea9057695813cc717ce1df642a4a8329 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:400px; height:400px; max-height:400px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qv7IRnJXU1Q?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;She wanted to pursue study and get a job,&#8221; Judge Fran Dalziel said in her sentencing remarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Jan may have believed she was acting in the best interests of her daughter, Ms Dalziel said she had repeatedly ignored Haidari\u2019s wishes and \u201cabused\u201d her power as a mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c[Haidari] would have known that not taking part in the marriage would raise questions about you and the rest of the family.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe was concerned not only about your anger, but your standing in the community.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jan was sentenced to three years in jail, but may be released after 12 months to serve the rest of her sentence in the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Afterwards, she sat in the court dock and told her lawyer she refused to accept the judge&#8217;s ruling before eventually being taken away, according to local media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During Halimi\u2019s sentencing for Haidari\u2019s murder in 2021, a court in Western Australia &#8211; where the couple had lived &#8211; heard that he had been violent and abusive towards his new wife, forcefully insisting that she undertake household chores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement on Monday, Attorney General Mark Dreyfus described forced marriage as \u201cthe most reported slavery-like offence\u201d in Australia, with 90 cases brought to the attention of federal police in 2022-23 alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>BBC<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mother has become the first person to be jailed under Australia\u2019s forced marriage laws, for ordering her daughter to wed a man who would later murder the 21-year-old. 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