Ilham Mahdi al Assi died last Friday in a hospital in Yemen's Hajja province, the Shaqaeq Arab Forum for Human Rights said in a statement quoting a medical report.
She was wedded the previous Monday in a traditional arrangement known as a "swap marriage," in which the brother of the bride also married the sister of the groom, it said.
"The child Ilham has died as a martyr due to the abuse of children's lives in Yemen," the non-governmental organization said. Her death was a "flagrant example" of the results of opposing the ban on child marriage in Yemen, which was leading to "killing child females," it said.
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I'm crying already this morning. My first daughter will be 13 in a couple of weeks. She's just a baby.
Child rape under the guise of "tradition." Between stories like this and the nauseating prevalence -- or even existence -- of child sex trafficking, it makes you despair.
How terribly sad and horrific. All I can hope is that her death won't be entirely in vain -- that by telling her story, the Human Rights org. in the story will make real inroads into ending this practice.
i do doubt the correctness of the word "tradition" : i'd say "religion" is the word to be used here.....
Mohammed married a 9-year-old, and that's the justification they use. If the Prophet did it, it's right.
Wasn't Mary also a young teen when she gave birth to Jesus?
Oh, I forgot. Child abuse in the name of Christianity is perfectly okay.
All the more reason to start a new religion as of right now... It's called "Believe whatever you want too." Your God will deliver you (when your time comes), to whatever you believe will happen... In the meantime respect others and do not try and impose your religion on others.... Simple really isn't it...!
wtf is that implement next to the kettle/teapot on the bedside table...?
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