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Sudan: Security Ban Press Conference by Condemned Woman's Lawyers
Dabanga, 17 May 2018
The defence attorneys of Noura Hussein, a 19-year-old Sudanese woman sentenced to hang for killing her husband after he allegedly raped her, were prevented by authorities from… Read more »
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Sudan: Sudan's Many Nouras
HRW, 15 May 2018
International media has rightly focused on the case of Noura Hussein, a 19-year-old Sudanese woman sentenced to death for killing her husband - whom she'd been forced to marry - as… Read more »
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Sudan: 'No Death Penalty for Noura, Whatever the Circumstances' - EU to Sudan
Dabanga, 15 May 2018
The European Union Heads of Mission and the Norwegian and Swiss ambassadors to Sudan have expressed their concern about Noura Hussein, who has recently been sentenced to death for… Read more »
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Sudan: Pressure Mounts On Govt to Pardon Teen Bride for Killing 'Rapist' Husband
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 14 May 2018
"Reports indicate that she was forced against her will into marriage at the age of 16. She was raped by her husband while his three male relatives held her down" Read more »
Sudan Under Pressure to Pardon Teen Bride for Killing Husband
The United Nations and international rights groups have called on Sudan to pardon 19-year-old Noura Hussein sentenced to death after she killed her husband as he tried to rape her, saying that she is a victim of child marriage and acted in self-defence.
