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The Wasab Al-Aali Primary Court in Dhamar governorate ruled to annul the marriage contract of ten-year-old Saud Yahya Mohammed to her sixty-year-old husband after Seyaj demanded judicial intervention because of the child’s rejection of the marriage and the harm she had suffered. Seyaj thanked the presiding judge for siding with justice, humanity, and the rightsContinue reading “In Response to Seyaj: A Yemeni Court Annuls the Marriage Contract of a Child to a Sixty-Year-Old Man”
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Matching security and rights sources told Seyaj that a sniper affiliated with Ansar Allah Houthis targeted an eight-year-old girl on the evening of Monday, 17 August, causing a critical head injury. Eyewitnesses said the girl, Rowaida Saleh bin Saleh Al-Qafri, was shot from the Central Security camp in the Kilabah neighborhood, an area controlled byContinue reading “Sources Tell Seyaj: A Houthi Sniper Shoots a Girl in the Head in Taiz City”
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An eight-year-old girl was shot in the head in Taiz city on Monday, 17 August. Security sources and eyewitnesses told Seyaj that a sniper fired from an area controlled by Ansar Allah Houthis and struck the girl, Rowaida Saleh bin Saleh Al-Qafri, while she was fetching water near her home. Medical sources at Al-Rawda HospitalContinue reading “Eyewitnesses Tell Seyaj: A Sniper Shoots a Girl in the Head in Taiz City”
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Seyaj appealed to the security and judicial authorities in Dhamar governorate to quickly refer the father of ten-year-old Saud Yahya Mohammed and her sixty-year-old husband to trial and to annul the marriage contract because the child rejected the marriage and her supposed consent has no legal value. The organization also called for the father, husband,Continue reading “A Girl Tries to Commit Suicide to Escape Marriage to a Sixty-Year-Old Man, and Seyaj Demands the Marriage Be Prevented”
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Seyaj called on the security and judicial authorities in areas controlled by Ansar Allah Houthis to take the necessary legal measures against the killer of eleven-year-old Asim Mohammed Hashem in Al-Ta’izziyah district. According to information received by the organization, the suspect, who was said to be affiliated with Ansar Allah in the district, arrived atContinue reading “A Child Killed in a Brutal Way, and Seyaj Calls on Ansar Allah Houthis to Hand the Suspect Over to the Judiciary”
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Seyaj called for the urgent completion of the investigation and a fast-track trial in a brutal rape case involving a seven-year-old girl in Taiz governorate.
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Seyaj appealed to the President of the Wasab Al-Aali Primary Court in Dhamar governorate to annul the marriage of ten-year-old Saud Yahya Mohammed to a man in his sixties. In its letter, the organization said the marriage of a girl of this age violates justice, basic human nature, and children’s rights. Seyaj noted that theContinue reading “Seyaj Urges the Judiciary to Annul the Marriage of a Child to a Man in His Sixties”
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Judicial authorities carried out severe legal penalties against a man convicted of abducting, raping, and killing a twelve-year-old girl in Hajjah governorate in northwestern Yemen. The sentence included execution, which was carried out on 26 August 2018, as well as one million Yemeni rials in financial compensation to the victim’s family. Seyaj had advocated forContinue reading “Severe Legal Penalties Carried Out Against the Abductor, Rapist, and Killer of a Girl”
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Seyaj thanked the judicial authorities in Hajjah governorate in northwestern Yemen for enforcing the sentence of retribution against the rapist and killer of a twelve-year-old girl. The death sentence was carried out by firing squad in Bani Qais district after the perpetrator was found guilty of abducting, raping, and killing Inas Hassan Allan Al-Shammari, aContinue reading “Seyaj Praises the Judiciary for Enforcing the Harshest Penalty Against the Rapist and Killer of a Girl in Hajjah”
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Seyaj condemned the act of a sniper affiliated with the Houthi group who killed one child and seriously wounded his younger brother in the city of Taiz. Eyewitnesses as well as security and rights sources told Seyaj that ten-year-old Saber Abdo Qaid Al-Samadi was shot in the head and died immediately, while his eight-year-old brotherContinue reading “Eyewitnesses Tell Seyaj: A Houthi Sniper Kills a Child and Seriously Wounds His Brother in Taiz”
