{"id":176127,"date":"2018-06-27T11:20:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T11:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/sudan-quashes-death-sentence-for-woman-who-killed-husband-after-rape\/"},"modified":"2018-06-27T11:20:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T11:20:00","slug":"sudan-quashes-death-sentence-for-woman-who-killed-husband-after-rape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/sudan-quashes-death-sentence-for-woman-who-killed-husband-after-rape","title":{"rendered":"Sudan quashes death sentence for woman who killed husband after rape"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday the appeal court in Khartoum quashed the death sentence of Noura Hussein who was convicted of murdering her husband<\/a> and commuted it to a five-year term of imprisonment and payment of blood money on the lesser charge of manslaughter.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lawyer El Fateh Hussein, a member of the defence team, told Radio Dabanga that the court annulled the conviction under article 130 of premeditated murder.<\/p>\n

He explained that the prison term will be calculated from the date Hussein entered the jail on May 3, 2017, in addition to payment of a blood money of SDG 337,500 (*$12,000).<\/p>\n

Noura Hussein (19) was forcably married to her husband and fled to relatives before the marriage was consummated. When she returned, her husband raped her with the help of a number of his relatives. She then killed him.<\/p>\n

International outrage<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hussein’s sentence prompted a chorus of international outrage<\/a>, which brought the case to the attention of the world media<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The No Oppression of Women Initiative<\/a> welcomed the ruling of the Court of Appeal as a victory for justice.<\/p>\n

Dr Ihsan Fegeiri, the general coordinator of the initiative expressed in an interview with Radio Dabanga, her satisfaction with the abolition of the death sentence against hussein.<\/p>\n

She said that Hussein’s death sentence did not consider her psychological condition, pointing out that she was the victim of forced marriage, underage marriage, and marital rape.<\/p>\n

She expressed her appreciation to all international and regional actors who had declared their solidarity with Nora, explaining that the Court of Appeal’s ruling was in response to international solidarity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She also praised the role of the defence and its follow-up of the case until the ruling of the Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n

* Based on the indicative US Dollar rate quoted by the Central Bank of Sudan<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n