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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.

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[-] capital@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Fuck your research.

Does each person willingly consent to being in the relationship? Yes or no. That's the only fucking thing we need to know.

Does consent mean something different depending on skin color? The fuck?

Go far enough left or right and y'all MFs care way too much about skin color...

[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago

Okaaaaay, you clearly did not look at what I posted.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 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?

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