death penalty

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• Amnesty International : « Au Soudan, la condamnation de Noura soulève la question des mariages forcés »
  11 mai 2018, par siawi3

  Entretien avec Anne Denis, responsable de la commission pour l’abolition de la peine de mort à Amnesty International.

• Save Sudanese female citizen, Noura Hussein Hammad, age 19
  9 May 2018, by siawi3

  It concerns the case of a 19 y.o. Sudanese female citizen, Noura Hussein Hammad - who is a victim of Child Marriage, Forced Marriage, Rape/Marital Rape, Honour Based Violence, Gender Based Violence and Violence against Women & Children and who is facing a death sentence to be issued by the Sudanese authorities on 10 May 2018

• Sudanese teen bride who killed husband during rape to be executed
  10 May 2018, by siawi3

  A 19-year-old girl in Sudan was sentenced to death by a court on Thursday for murdering her husband after he tried to rape her, said campaigners, calling on the president to pardon her as she was forced into a child marriage, and had acted in self-defence. “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.”

• Sudan: In Conversation with Marieme Helie Lucas on Noura Hammad’s Death Penalty
  12 May 2018, by siawi3

  There is an outcry in Sudan itself, with human rights and women’s rights organizations at the forefront. There is a very courageous website in defense of Noura, run by Sudanese from within Sudan. There are two online petitions on Aawaz and on Change being circulated. They are massively signed. Opposition to the judgment grows also from within predominantly Muslim countries in Africa, in South Asia, in South East Asia. Now Europe and North America have joined in the worldwide protest.

• Sudan: Marital Rape Victim Faces Execution in Sudan
  9 May 2018, by siawi3

  Noura Hussein, a 19-year-old Sudanese woman was found guilty of attempted murder last week after suffering marital rape. The court’s decision sparked an outcry from women’s rights activists. Many expressed solidarity with Noura Hussein, arguing that the murder was an act of self-defense. Under the Sudanese criminal code, attempted murder is punishable by execution. A sentence against her will be made May 10. A petition is being circulated to save her life.

• Sudan: On Noura Hussein Hammad being sentenced to death
  11 May 2018, by Marieme Helie Lucas, siawi3

  I do not want to believe for one second that we, the progressive forces the world over and especially those within Muslim contexts, will allow for death penalty to be a applied to such a young woman, a victim of child marriage, forced marriage, rape, and many other violations of universal rights.

• Teenager who killed husband after he raped her is sentenced to death in Sudan
  10 May 2018, by siawi3

  “Noura has been subjected to both physical and mental abuse by her family and husband, and this is a violation of Articles 14 (protection of children) and 15 (no marriage without free and full consent) of the constitution. “The constitution further provides that the ‘state shall protect women from injustice and promote gender equality’, and that ‘all persons are equal before the law and are entitled, without discrimination, to the equal protection of the law.’”

• Islamist threat challenges LGBT, Gay and Lesbian in Bangladesh
  2 October 2019, by siawi3

  In December 2008, Bangladesh was one of 59 countries that signed a statement opposing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights at the United Nations General Assembly.

• Mauritania: Islam and slavery
  26 August 2016, by siawi3

  Mohamed Cheikh Ould M’kheiti’s piece discusses religious double-standards, including how scriptural narration and the biography of the prophet Muhammad may act to normalize slavery.

• Banalité du crime... UN JEUNE YÉMÉNITE ACCUSÉ D’ATHÉISME ASSASSINÉ
  5 mai 2016, par siawi3

  La citation qui suit, tirée d’un tract intitulé « Avis aux athées », est un exemple du harcèlement que les non-croyants subissent de la part des militants islamistes :
  « A tous les athées qui injurient l’islam et incitent à sa critique sur les réseaux sociaux : Votre destin est d’être étranglé, de mourir comme meurt un animal, d’être jeté dans la boue et les ordures que les vers dévorent votre corps pourri. Personne ne se souviendra de vous, comme si vous n’aviez jamais existé… »

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