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| Sudan: Teen Bride Who Killed 'Rapist' Husband Appeals Her Death Sentence |
| 2018-05-26 |
| [All Africa] A Sudanese teen sentenced to death after killing her husband as he tried to rape her has appealed the ruling amid growing support by celebrities and on social media. Lawyers defending 19-year-old Noura Hussein said they filed the appeal on Thursday, according to U.S. rights group Equality Now, which has worked with the Khartoum-based Seema Foundation to bring attention to the case. Hussein faces death by hanging after a Sharia court, which follows Islamic religious laws, found her guilty of premeditated murder for stabbing her husband as he tried to rape her in April. It sentenced her to death earlier this month. The case has drawn condemnation by the United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... and international rights groups who have said Hussein is a victim of child marriage and acted in self-defense. "Let it be known here today that Noura was a victim of child marriage, forced marriage, rape and denial of justice," said a statement by Hussein's defense team passed on to Equality Now. "Noura and indeed the women and girls of Sudan have too often been treated as chattels to be traded and given away as though they are property and as though they have no rights," it said. After her marriage ceremony, Hussein refused to have sex with her husband who raped her as three of his male relatives restrained her. A day later, as he attempted to rape her again and she struggled to stop him, she stabbed and killed him. Hussein had a 15-day period to appeal following her sentencing on May 10. Celebrities from model Naomi Campbell to actresses Emma Watson and Mira Sorvino have promoted an online campaign to rescue the teenager, adopting the hashtag #JusticeForNoura in Twitter messages of support. |
| Posted by:Fred |