An eight-year-old Yemeni girl has died of internal bleeding on her wedding night after marrying a man five times her age, a social activist and two local residents said, in a case that has caused an outcry in the media and revived debate about child brides. Arwa Othman, head of Yemen's House of Folklore and a leading rights campaigner, said the girl, identified as Ilham Mahdi al Assi, was married to a 40-year-old late last week in the town of Meedi in Hajjah province, north-western Yemen. "On the wedding night and after intercourse, she suffered from bleeding and uterine rupture which caused her death," Othman said. "They took her to a clinic but the medics couldn't save her life." Othman said authorities had not taken any action against the girl's family or her husband. A security official in the provincial town of Haradh denied any such incident had taken place. He did not want to be identified because he was not authorised to speak to the press. But two Meedi residents contacted by us confirmed the incident and said tribal chiefs had tried to cover up the incident when the news broke, warning a local journalist against covering the story. Many poor families in Yemen marry off young daughters to save on the costs of bringing up a child and earn extra money from the dowry given to the girl. A United Nation's report released in January revealed the extent of the country's poverty, saying that 10.5 million of Yemen's 24 million people lacked sufficient food supplies, and 13 million had no access to safe water and basic sanitation. Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Yemen in December 2011 to ban marriages of girls under 18, warning it deprived child brides of education and harmed their health.
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Posted: at 7-03-2016 11:34 AM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero
zezprincess at 7-03-2016 11:50 AM (9 years ago) (f)
Na islam abi moslem way now,a 60 years old man marries a 9 yrs old girl,72 yrs old man marries 12 yrs old girl,What a world? This is pure ephidophile case,how you wan take phyuk her? Your strenght&her strenghth na de same thing? For crying out loud,she is still a baby¬ yet matured in all ramifications,Rubbish.Oya you don kill am now what next?
Posted: at 7-03-2016 11:50 AM (9 years ago) | Hero
HMMMMM.... THIS IS SO UNFAIR. IMAGINE 8YEAR OLD GURL, WETIN WAN THEY THAT GURL UNDER, I DNT VALUE THIS KIND OF CULTURE AT ALL. THIS IS TOTALLY MADNESS.
Posted: at 7-03-2016 12:51 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
So sad, rip to d gal. I wonder how some sane parents gives out dre small kids to an old yeye fool for marriage all bcos of money. This is crazy, wish dis act could be eradicated for good.
Posted: at 7-03-2016 02:42 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Oh my GOD!!! A 40yrs old man?? to an 8yrs old child??? And they keep lying dat they don't sleep wit them till they are 14 or 15yrs old. Haba dis man and other doing dis, it shall not be well wot them all. Dat means dat small girl they married recently in northern Nigeria to a 26yrs shameless guy will be sleeping her now even though he lied dat he wait till she is 16.
Posted: at 7-03-2016 07:11 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero
8yrs old?
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