Belgium: Sadia Sheikh,killed by her family-October 22, 2007
When her parents started to arrange an unwanted marriage between Sadia and a cousin from Pakistan whom she had never met, Sadia decided to leave home to study in Belgium. Her brother Mudusar, confessed to shooting his sister three times. The judge sentenced Tarik Mahmood Sheikh, her 61-year-old father to 25 years in prison, Zahida Parveen Sariya, her 59-year-old mother to 20 years, Mudusar Sheikh, her 27-year-old brother to 15 years and Sariya Sheikh, her 22-year-old sister to five years in prison.
