(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 7 - The boyfriend of Sam Abbas, an
18-year-old Pakistani-Italian woman allegedly killed by her
family near Reggio Emilia in April-May 2021 for refusing an
arranged marriage with an older man in Pakistan, is to stand as
civil plaintiff in the trial of her relatives starting Friday in
Reggio, judicial sources said Tuesday.
Saqib Ayub wants to see justice done for his late girlfriend and
will use any damages to set up a foundation against 'honour
killing' and to help victims of forced marriages in her name,
his lawyer Claudio Falleti said.
"If we ever get any money, we will use it to open a Saman
Foundation to safeguard victims of forced marriages," Falleti
told QB-Il Resto del Carlino newspaper.
The young man will not be present in the courtroom Friday,
Falleti said.
"Only I will go. He doesn't want to see those monsters," he
said, referring to three of the five defendants who will be in
the dock: Danish Hasnain, Saman's uncle, and her two cousins
Ikram Ijaz and Nomanhulaq Nomanhulaq.
Missing will be the late young woman's mother, Nazia Shaheen,
still on the run in Pakistan, and her father Shabbar Abbas, in
jail in Pakistan, which has yet to grant his extradition to
Italy.
Falleti called the delays in the extradition process
"unacceptable". (ANSA).
Saman Abbas's boyfriend to stand as civil plaintiff
To set up foundation for victims of forced marriages with money