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8 Year Old Girl in Yemen Granted Divorce After Forced Marriage
An eight-year-old Yemeni was granted a divorce after her father forced her into an arranged marriage: I am happy that I am divorced now. I will be able to go back to school, Nojud Mohammed Ali said, after a public hearing in Sanaa' s court of first instance. Her former husband, 28-year-old Faez Ali Thameur, said he married [...]
An eight-year-old Yemeni was granted a divorce after her father forced her into an arranged marriage:"I am happy that I am divorced now. I will be able to go back to school," Nojud Mohammed Ali said, after a public hearing in Sanaa’s court of first instance.
Her former husband, 28-year-old Faez Ali Thameur, said he married the child "with her consent and that of her parents" but that he did not object to her divorce petition.
In response to a question from Judge Mohammed al-Qadhi, he acknowledged that the "marriage was consummated, but I did not beat her."
Yemen, one of the world’s poorest countries, has no law governing the minimum age of marriage.
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