Sakina Muhammad Jan is the first person in Australia to be jailed over its forced marriage laws.

A mother has become the first person to be jailed under Australia’s forced marriage laws, for ordering her daughter to wed a man who would later murder the 21-year-old.

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.

Six weeks after the nuptials, Halimi killed his new bride - a crime for which he is now serving a life sentence.

On Monday, Jan - who pleaded not guilty - was sentenced to at least a year in jail, for what a judge called the “intolerable pressure” she had placed on her daughter.

    • corsicanguppyEnglish
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      4 months ago

      ‘human rights’ and ‘consent’ on other cultures.

      is this is supported by actual research or [whether] it’s just an “ick, brown people do things differently.”

      look at what I posted.

      You seem to be rebutting the idea of legal protections with ‘but their culture’.

      Pretty close? Is it proper to assume violence is cultural?