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04-15-2008, 05:53 PM #1
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Court terminates 8-year-old girl's marriage
Court terminates 8-year-old girl's marriage
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SANAA (Reuters) - A Yemeni court ordered the marriage of an eight-year-old girl terminated on Tuesday because she had not reached puberty.
The court also ordered the child's family to pay about $250 in compensation to the 30-year-old ex-husband.
The girl's lawyer and human rights activist Shatha Nasser said the minor had filed a suit in April asking for divorce and told the court that her husband had been physically abusing her and forcing her to have "sex with him after hitting her."
One of the people attending the trial volunteered to pay the compensation, the lawyer said, but did not explain the reason why the court ordered the compensation.
The ruling terminated the marriage instead of granting a divorce to prevent the husband from seeking to reinstate the marriage, according to the lawyer.
Many minor girls in Arab countries that observe tribal traditions are married to older husbands but not before puberty. Such marriages are also driven by poverty in countries like Yemen, one of the poorest countries outside Africa.
(Reporting by Mohamed Sudam; writing by Inal Ersan)
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04-15-2008, 06:05 PM #2The court also ordered the child's family to pay about $250 in compensation to the 30-year-old ex-husband.We are NOT a nation of immigrants!
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04-15-2008, 06:12 PM #3
I can't even imagine being 8 and forced into something like that.....I don't care how poor and desperate we were....my parents would never sell me into something like that. Makes me ill thinking of that.
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04-15-2008, 06:14 PM #4
Indiana....
One of the people attending the trial volunteered to pay the compensation, the lawyer said, but did not explain the reason why the court ordered the compensation.
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04-15-2008, 06:47 PM #5
What a culture.
We are NOT a nation of immigrants!
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04-15-2008, 07:01 PM #6Originally Posted by crazybird
The daily life of the prince is a hell of a lot better than the women, even if they are princesses.
There was also the harvesting of organ of the poor people.They would be kidnapped and wake up inthe driveway after having some part removed......
Then Bush goes over in the Gulf War to priotect those animals?If Palestine puts down their guns, there will be peace.
If Israel puts down their guns there will be no more Israel.
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04-16-2008, 02:02 AM #7
If this is a silly question, then so be it...what (in thier mind) determines "puberty"??? A first period, pubic hair, able to impregnate?
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04-16-2008, 09:59 AM #8
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What do you give an 8 year old bride for a wedding present? a Barbie ?
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04-16-2008, 10:53 PM #9
WorriedAmerican wrote:
Then Bush goes over in the Gulf War to priotect those animals?"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" ** Edmund Burke**
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04-17-2008, 05:10 PM #10Originally Posted by MWIf Palestine puts down their guns, there will be peace.
If Israel puts down their guns there will be no more Israel.
Dick Morris
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