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The Wasab Al-Aali Primary Court in Dhamar Governorate ruled today to annul the marriage contract of ten-year-old Saud Yahya Mohammed to her sixty-year-old husband. This decision was based on a request from the Siyaj Organization, citing the child’s aversion to her husband and the harm she suffered as a result of this barbaric marriage. ThisContinue reading “In response to a lawsuit: A Yemeni court annuls the marriage contract of a child to a man in his sixties”
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The Siyaj Organization for Child Protection appeals to the security and judicial authorities in Dhamar Governorate to expedite the referral of the father of ten-year-old Saud Yahya Muhammad and her sixty-year-old husband to trial and to annul her marriage contract, as she was forced into the marriage and her consent to it is not consideredContinue reading “A young girl attempts suicide to escape being married to a 60-year-old man, and a fence demands a ban on marriage.”
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The Seyaj Organization for Child Protection appealed to the Honorable Chief Justice 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, according to available information. In a letter to the Chief Justice, Siyaj stated: Siyaj Organization for the Protection ofContinue reading “Siyaj urges the judiciary to annul the marriage of a child to a man in his sixties”
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The Child Protection Organization (Siyaj) has frozen the marriage of two Yemeni children for five years. The parents of the two children (Na’ma Abdullah Al-Shwaiter, 13 years old, and Hafez Mansour Hamid Al-Hasani, 10 years old) committed to the organization in writing not to proceed with the marriage until the children reach an age whereContinue reading “Childhood Fence succeeds in freezing the marriage of two children in Sana’a for 5 years.”
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The Child Protection Organization (Siyaj) has frozen the marriage of two Yemeni children for five years. The parents of the two children (Na’ama Abdullah Al-Shwaiter, 13, and Hafiz Mansour Hamid Al-Hasani, 10) signed a written commitment to the organization promising not to proceed with the marriage until the children reach an age where they areContinue reading “A fence freezes the marriage of two children in Sana’a for 5 years”
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The issue of child marriage in Yemen has entered the realm of positive debate following a discussion among religious and legal experts at a seminar organized by the Seyaj Organization for Child Protection on Tuesday, April 28, 2008. Participants emphasized the serious health, economic, and social consequences of child marriage, while also criticizing the PersonalContinue reading “Child marriage: between Sharia, law, and social custom”
