Now to see this in the headlines just plain pissed me off

[AlexandMorgan]

I can not save the whole world nor can i expect the whole world to practice acceptable behavior but damn it. Reading the news is good because you know what happens in the world around you but sometimes it will just depress you or make you angry as shite.

Girl, 8, granted divorce in Yemen

SAN'A, Yemen (AP) -- A Yemeni judge dissolved the marriage of an 8-year-old girl to a man nearly four times her age, and the girl's lawyer said Wednesday that the court also ordered the youngster removed from the control of the father who forced her into the wedding.

The lawyer, Shatha Ali Nasser, said the girl is just one of thousands of underaged girls who have been forced into marriages in this poor tribal country at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula.

The girl's story has drawn headlines in Yemen because she took the unusual step of seeking out a judge on her own to file for divorce.

She recounted her ordeal to reporters Wednesday, a day after the judge in San'a ended the two-month marriage. Judge Mohammed al-Qady said he had been moved by the girl's plight from the start.

The girl said her father forced her to marry a 30-year-old man she identified as Faiz Ali Thamer. She charged that her husband constantly beat her and forced her to have sex.

"I used to run from room to room to escape from him. But he would catch up with me," the girl said, her tiny frame swallowed in an oversized robe and head scarf, standing with her lawyer.

In issuing his ruling Tuesday, the judge said he was terminating the marriage because the girl "had not reached puberty."

A provision in Yemeni law allows parents to sign marriage contracts for children younger than 15. However, the article states that a husband can only consummate the marriage when the wife reaches puberty.

"We know that this is not what happened" in the girl's case, her lawyer said.

There are no provisions for any punishment for a husband in such cases.

The girl's name isn't disclosed in line with Associated Press policy on sexually related cases.

She said that when she told her parents of the abuse, they refused to help her. Her parents testified they ignored her complaints about the marriage.

The girl's family was ordered to pay $250 as "compensation" to Thamer, although the judge did not specify the reason.

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/17/yemen.child.ap/index.html?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail

 

[Iron]

This is sick.

 

[onyxfemme]

Oh God....I cant even read past the 1st paragraph

 

[GentlemanPlayer]

It's shit like this that pisses me off. Much like that Warren Jeffs mofo. And the FLDS jackasses that he leads.

I don't condone polygamy. But to me, marrying a 13 year-old girl to a 50 year-old man is absolutely sickening. Makes me wanna kick that 50 year-old man's ass.

 

[Harlem's Angel]

HNIC needs to bless us with a crying smiley... This is terribly sad.

 

[LoneStar29]

"She charged that her husband constantly beat her and forced her to have sex. "I used to run from room to room to escape from him. But he would catch up with me," the girl said"

I started to cry after reading those 2 lines

 

[Andeyhollawho]

Is vigilante justice allowed in Yemen?

 

[LoneStar29]

Is vigilante justice allowed in Yemen?

I would say no cuz the article states marrying off young women is common practiceI guess this case was ONLY frowned upon cuz she hadn't gone through puberty yetI mean I started growing boobies when I was 11 ... I don't think that is an appropriate age to marry off a girl either

 

[Mo-Better]

When will this end? Women and children are always victims of abuse. With cases of polygamy, rape, female abuse (beatings of wives and girl friends), catholic priest abusing children (both girls and boys), physical and mental abuse of children, female genital mutilation, Islamic extremist distorting the words of the Quran to justify beating and killing females and now this. I can only wonder when and where and how will all this insanity end. I do know is it needs to end soon by any means necessary.

 

[AlexandMorgan]

I would say no cuz the article states marrying off young women is common practiceI guess this case was ONLY frowned upon cuz she hadn't gone through puberty yetI mean I started growing boobies when I was 11 ... I don't think that is an appropriate age to marry off a girl either

Lone the important part of the article is that since she had not reached puberty the judge allowed her to be divorced. The sickest part of all is the law that uses puberty to determine if a young girl is ready to be raped or not.