Tag Archives: Australian federal police

Ruqia was killed by the man she was forced to marry. Her mother is now in jail over the marriage

Ruqia Haidari wanted to have a love marriage. Instead, she entered into an arranged marriage when she was just 15 years old, and the relationship ended in divorce when she was 20. The case, heard in a Victorian court last week, said Haidari was considered a “bewa” by the Afghan Hazara community in Shepparton, where… Read More »

search for missing mother and newborn; Australia’s pain intensified at the French Open; and the hottest fashion trend in winter

Police have deployed divers and a blood detection dog as the search continues for a mother and her newborn baby after what police believe was a placenta and umbilical cord were found near the Cooks River in Sydney’s south-west on Monday afternoon. Police said there was no evidence of harm to the baby at this… Read More »