UN groups plead clemency for convicted Sudanese girl

UN Groups, the UN Women, UNHCR, and UNFPA have called on the Sudanese government to grant clemency in the case of 19-year-old Sudanese, Noura Hussein, who was sentenced to death for killing her husband. 

According to reports, Noura had been forced against her will into marriage at the age of 16 years and was raped by her husband while his three male relatives held her down. 

The activists want the Sudanese government to see Noura as a victim and not a criminal and be treated as such. 

According to them, 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.

SOURCE: africanews
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