Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ruqia Haidari was the baby of the family. The youngest of five children, she was born in Afghanistan in 1999, just a month before ...

An Afghan mother has become the first person jailed under Australia's forced marriage law for coercing her daughter into a marriage that led to the 21-year-old’s murder. Sakina Muhammad Jan, in her ...

“Abbey, I don’t want to do this,” Ruqia Haidari cried. The worry in her best friend’s voice filled Abbey Gawne with concern. The pair had become inseparable in high school years earlier. It only took ...

Judge Fran Daziel jailed Sakina Muhammad Jan, 47 or 48, for three years in the County Court of Victoria on Monday. But in an emotional outburst that involved family members, Jan refused to sign a ...

Victorian jury finds Sakina Muhammad Jan guilty of coercing Ruqia Haidari into marrying Perth man Mohammad Ali Halimi A mother has been found guilty of forcing her 20-year-old daughter to marry an ...