The death penalty for Noura Hussein was confirmed by a judge on Thursday after her husband’s family rejected the possibility of financial compensation and instead asked for her to be executed. The case has attracted widespread attention on social media, where a campaign Justice for Noura has been trending on Twitter. After her initial sentence, Hussein told supporters: “It was a shocking moment when the judge convicted me with murder. “He recruited some of his cousins and brought them [to his] home where they held her down while her husband raped her.”When he attempted to rape her again the following day, she stabbed her husband to death before going to her own parents, who handed her over to police. “Criminalisation of Noura for defending herself from assault and, in particular, a death sentence, would violate her rights under the Sudanese constitution and international law.

Source: The Guardian May 10, 2018 13:21 UTC