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Sadia Sheikh

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Month: 
January, 2010

Une jeune Pakistanaise de 20 ans succombe à ses blessures à l'hôpital en Belgique. L'auteur présumé n'est autre que Moussadar, 24 ans et frère de la victime. Il a tiré deux de ses soeurs. Sadia était en conflit avec sa famille, qui voulait la forcer à contracter un mariage arrangé. Sadia avait fait appel au Centre Prévention des Violences Conjugales.

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A 20 year old Pakistani woman succumbed to her wounds in hospital in Belgium. The person is none other than Moussadar, 24 years old and the victim’s brother. He shot two of his sisters. Sadia was in conflict with her family, who wanted to force her to contract an arranged marriage. Sadia had made an appeal to the Centre for the Prevention of Conjugal Violence.

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