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A 15-year-old Sudanese woman has been sentenced to death for fatally stabbing the man she was forced to marry, who she says raped her as his relatives held her down.

The case of Noura Hussein has shone a spotlight on the issues of forced marriage and marital rape in Sudan, where the legal age of marriage is only 10 and marital rape is legal.



Hussein’s supporters filled the courtroom in Omdurman, Sudan, and overflowed into the hall outside as the judge announced the death penalty on Thursday. Her husband’s family refused an option to pardon her and rejected financial compensation, requesting that she be executed instead.

Hussein’s legal team has 15 days to appeal.

“She’s still in complete shock after her sentencing today,” Dr. Adil Mohamed Al-Imam, one of Hussein’s lawyers, told CNN. Al-Imam donated his services after Hussein’s original lawyer withdrew from the case. He added that Hussein was abandoned not only by the law, but also by her family.

The harrowing details of her case have set social media and WhatsApp ablaze in Sudan. And in recent days it has captured international attention with the hashtags #JusticeforNoura and #SaveNoura. Thousands of people have shared a change.org petition.



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Forced to marry at 15, Hussein ran away from home and sought refuge with her aunt for three years. She was tricked into returning by her father, who handed her over to her husband’s family.

After Hussein refused to consummate the marriage, her husband’s relatives held her down while he raped her. “His brother and two cousins tried to reason with her, when she refused she was slapped and ordered into the room. One held her chest and head, the others held her legs,” Al-Imam told CNN.

A day later her husband tried to rape her again, and she stabbed him to death. When she went to her parents for support, they turned her in to the police.

Al-Imam said the case has challenged societal expectations in Sudan that wives should submit to their husbands.

Amnesty International’s Sudan researcher, Ahmed Elzobier, said it was the first time a case of this nature had attracted such attention. “Marital rape happens in Sudan often and people don’t talk about it,” he said. Hussein’s case had changed that, he said.

Ladies let’s keep it trending, use hashtag #JusticeForNoura and sign the petition through the link

https://chn.ge/2rAlaJS

By Ladies Gist:
http://www.ladiesgist.com/15-year-old-sudanese-girl-stabs-her-husband-to-as-he-rapes-her-court-sentenced-her-to-death

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This is unbearable.

How did we get here?

Humanity has gone 2 d dogs, how can a sane man rape his 15yr old wife?

And her idiots brother Nd cousin held her down?

D other day, I watch some men harvesting another man organ while he is still alive.

Yusuf had accident Nd was hurriedly flown to Germany, But Fulani's had been killing pregnant women, infants Nd innocent teenager's while Buhari is busy drinking fura @ villa.


If I were God, I 4 don use thunder fire everybody here.

May we all be treated d same way we treat others

In India or some parts of Africa , people abduct women and marry them the same day , it's tradition and it's becoming a trend


search abducted brides and blow your mind

perfectedmee:
This is unbearable.

How did we get here?

Humanity has gone 2 d dogs, how can a sane man rape his 15yr old wife?

And her idiots brother Nd cousin held her down?

D other day, I watch some men harvesting another man organ while he is still alive.

Yusuf had accident Nd was hurriedly flown to Germany, But Fulani's had been killing pregnant women, infants Nd innocent teenager's while Buhari is busy drinking fura @ villa.


If I were God, I 4 don use thunder fire everybody here.

May we all be treated d same way we treat others