8
Year-Old Yemeni Child Bride Dies After Suffering Internal Sexual Injuries
During Her Wedding Night
An eight-year-old child bride has died in Yemen of
internal bleeding sustained during her wedding night after being forced to
marry a man five times her age, activists have claimed.
The girl, identified only as Rawan, died in the
tribal area of Hardh in northwestern Yemen, which borders Saudi Arabia.
Activists are now calling for the groom, who is
believed to be around 40 years old, and her family to be arrested so they can
face justice in the courts.
They say arrests would help put a stop to the
practice of marrying very young girls to older men in the impoverished region.
Angry Man, a blogger, posted that the man was ‘an
animal who deserved to be punished severely for his crime’.
‘All those who supported such a crime should also
be punished,’ he added.
Another blogger, called Omar, wrote: ‘Rawan’s
family members are not humans. They do not deserve to have children.’
But another blogger, called ‘Sad’, appeared more
sympathetic to the custom. He wrote: ‘Her family and her groom could have
waited for some time before having this marriage,’ Sad said.
‘It was not fair at all and the marriage should not
have happened even if some tribes believe that it is a good custom.’
The practice of marrying young girls is widespread
in Yemen and has attracted the attention of international rights groups seeking
to pressure the government to outlaw child marriages.
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