Mensen van sommige berichten wordt je
letterlijk kotsmisselijk, zoals het volgende: Noura Hussein, een jonge
Soedanese vrouw van 19, die tegen haar zin werd
gedwongen te trouwen, werd door ‘haar echtgenoot’ verkracht terwijl
ze werd vastgehouden door familieleden van de psychopaat die haar
verkrachtte……..
De volgende keer dat haar zogenaamde
man probeerde haar weer te verkrachten, heeft ze hem gedood….. De
rechter oordeelde dat dit een moord was en veroordeelde haar tot dood
door verhanging……… Uit zelfverdediging tegen één van de
vreselijkste martelingen iemand ombrengen en dan durft een rechter te
zeggen dat dit moord is…….
Mensen, lees de volgende tekst en teken
ajb de petitie van het Care2 Team voor haar vrijlating en geeft het door! Hoe meer
mensen meedoen hoe beter, wellicht dat men dan eindelijk de meer dan
belachelijke en kromme wetgeving op Soedan zal bijstellen!
Demand
justice for Noura Hussein, who is sentenced to death for killing her
rapist in self defence.
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warning: this story contains descriptions of rape.
Noura
Hussein, 19, was raped by the man she was forced to marry in
Sudan. Three of his relatives pinned her down whilst her husband
forced himself on her. The
next time he tried to rape her, she fought back and killed him in
self defence. Last week, she was sentenced to death by hanging for
murder. Her
lawyers have 7 days left to appeal.
Take
action: sign the petition to demand justice for Noura.
Badr
Eldin Salah, an activist from the Afrika Youth Movement who was in
the court says, “Noura’s lawyers say they plan to appeal against
the decision, but we
also need strong international support from
organisations such as the African Union, the United Nations and the
European Union to support her.”
Marital
rape and child marriage are not considered crimes in Sudan. But
as Equality Now’s Global Director Yasmeen Hassan says,
“Criminalisation of Noura for defending herself from assault
and, in particular a death sentence, would violate her rights under
the Sudanese Constitution and international law.”
Please
sign now to show your support for Noura. If
there is enough international outcry, we can show the Sudanese courts
that they must revoke her death sentence and hopefully we can
save her life.
Thank
you,
Beth G. The Care2 Petitions Team |
P.S.
Nobody should be punished for defending themselves from rape. ign
now and demand justice for Noura!
Justice
For Noura Hussein, The Girl Who Is Sentenced To Death For Killing Her
Rapist.
doelwit: Sudanese
President Omar al-Bashir
Noura
Hussein, 19, was told she would be hanged after a Sharia court
convicted her of premeditated murder of her husband who she had been
forced to marry.
A
teenage bride has been sentenced to death for killing her husband who
raped her as male relatives pinned her down.
Noura
Hussein, 19, says her father made her marry the man – who was also
her cousin – when she was 16, but she refused to accept the union and
sought refuge with a relative for three years. She returned to her
family home on the outskirts of the Sudanese capital Khartoum in
April this year after her father said the marriage was cancelled. But
she found that she had been duped and preparations for her wedding
ceremony were under way.
Hussein
said that she refused to have sex with her husband after the
ceremony, but on the sixth day, he raped her as three of his male
relatives held her down to restrain her. The
following day, he attempted to rape her again and as she struggled to
stop him, she stabbed him, killing him. A Sharia court, which follows
Islamic religious law, found Hussein guilty of premeditated murder
last month and on Thursday officially sentenced her to death by
hanging. Her
lawyers have 15 days to appeal.
“Under
Sharia law, the husband’s family can demand either monetary
compensation or death. They chose death and now the death penalty has
been handed down,” said Badr Eldin Salah, an activist from the
Afrika Youth Movement who was in the court.
“Noura’s
lawyers say they plan to appeal against the decision, but we
also need strong international support from
organisations such as the African Union, the United Nations and the
European Union to support her.”
Sudan
is ranked 165 out of 188 countries on the UN’s Gender Inequality
Index, which measures how women fare compared to men when it comes to
access to health, education, political participation and employment
opportunities. UN Women says violence against women and girls is
considered prevalent.
The country has not signed the Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and has
weak policies in place to protect them. Marital
rape and child marriage, for example, are not considered crimes in
the predominately Muslim African nation. Sudanese
law allows for the marriage of a girl once she hits puberty. It also
says a 10-year-old girl can be married by their guardian with the
permission of a judge. One in three Sudanese women are married before
the age of 18, says UN Women.
Campaign
groups such as Equality Now say they are writing to Sudanese
President Omar al-Bashir to plead for clemency, arguing that the
judgement is against the Sudanese constitution.
“Noura
is a victim, not a criminal, and should be treated as such. In
many countries, victims like Noura would be provided services to
ensure that they overcome the trauma of their experiences,” said
Equality Now’s Global Director Yasmeen Hassan.
“Criminalisation
of Noura for defending herself from assault and, in particular a
death sentence, would violate her rights under the Sudanese
Constitution and international law.”
Please sign now to
show your support for Noura. If enough people sign, we can show the
Sudanese courts that they must revoke her death sentence and
hopefully we can save her life.