also sheltered by religion but this time LEGAL (sort of). i don't know what sort of gods people believe in (and i'm talking ALL the gods of ALL the religions here) .............and i could say a lot but i am ONLY going to say, no god and no person should think it is ok for an adult to have sex with a 12 year old (in this case KILLING her by having intercourse with her)
Yemeni child bride dies of internal bleeding
By Mohammed Jamjoom, CNN
(CNN) -- A 12-year-old Yemeni bride died of internal bleeding following intercourse three days after she was married off to an older man, the United Nations Children's Fund said.
The girl was married to a man at least twice her age, said Sigrid Kaag, UNICEF regional director for the Middle East and North Africa.
Her death is "a painful reminder of the risks girls face when they are married too soon," Kaag said Thursday.
Amal Basha, chairwoman of the Sisters Arab Forum for Human Rights, a Yemeni human rights group, identified the girl Friday as Elham Mahdi.
"Elham was married on March 29th and died three days later" and lived in Yemen's Hajjah province, Basha said.............
pic: Yemen child brides. Image: IRIN
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