Noura Hussein lives in Sudan. And that’s likely where she will die. Very soon. At 16 years old, her family forced her to marry a man she did not want to marry. She refused to consummate the marriage, and so he raped her.
The first rape occurred with the help of his family. They pinned her down while her new husband forced sex on her.
He attempted the second rape by himself. Big mistake. Noura took up a knife and stabbed him to death. But this was a big mistake for Noura, also. She was arrested and charged with premeditated murder.
Now this young, underaged child, who was forced into marriage and raped, has been sentenced to death by hanging, by a Sharia court. Self-defense is apparently no excuse for women who are raped by their husbands, under Sharia law. Her lawyers have until May 25th to save her.
The clock is ticking. Soon Noura’s fate will be sealed.
But apparently the international community is trying to put pressure on the Sudanese government to spare her life. If you have a Twitter account there is a way you can help, by signing some sort of petition. I don’t Tweet, so I have no idea how this works. But here are a few hashtags you can try:
#JusticeForNoura
#Save Noura
Dalia al Najjar brought this story to my attention in her blog. She’s from Gaza, and occasionally posts very interesting articles about her life as a Palestinian from that area. Here’s a link to her blog:
https://daliaalnjjar.wordpress.com/2018/05/19/getting-married-too-soon-or-too-late
And here are a few other links, if you want to read more about Noura:
https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/hammad-sjbn/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/sudan-teens-death-penalty-puts-spotlight-womens-rights-044018167.html
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Thanks for shining a spotlight on this issue, Tippy.
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I think it’s more like a flashlight, but every little bit helps. Hopefully this poor young lady won’t be left spinning in the wind.
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What kind of world do we have. Thtanks for highlighting this story I don’t have twitter either, but I will reblog.
Such a sad tale.
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It is sad. I think this is partly why countries like Sudan are so backward. Half the population is repressed and the other half doesn’t know what they’re missing.
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Reblogged this on FiftyFourandAHalf and commented:
Calling all folks with a twitter account, to help this poor girl
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😢😢😢
Such a disturbing story …
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Sure is. What’s more disturbing to me is that Sudan is not the only country that treats girls and women this way. There are quite a few others.
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This is…I don’t have words but I will hashtag.
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I know. It’s as if they’ve made it legal to be a sexual predator in that country.
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They have and it sickens me.
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This is utterly horrid. This is the modern world and yet many countries are living in hell and all due to religious beliefs or what ever. I pray to God that she will not b hanged but in my little ole opinion there is no merciful God. If you live in a third world county you are screwed, glued and, tattooed.
For the record I am not getting your posts so will exit out and then click follow again. hope that helps. I am not getting many of my favorite blogger’s notices. WP is a mess.
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Yes it is horrid. It can be pretty brutal living in some third world countries. The way the citizens are treated probably explains why they stay in third world conditions.
WP can take some figuring out. Good luck with it.
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