Yemeni Child Bride Dies From Internal Bleeding
The United Nations Childrens Fund reports that a 12-year-old Yemeni child bride has died from internal bleeding, resulting from intercourse, three days after her marriage to a man at least twice her age. Amal Basha, chairwoman of the Sisters Arab Forum for Human Rights, a Yemeni human rights group, identified the girl Friday as Elham... »
Yemeni Girl, 12, Dies in Painful Childbirth
A 12-year-old Yemeni girl, who was forced into marriage, died along with her baby during a painful childbirth. Fawziya Ammodi struggled for three days in labor, before dying of severe bleeding at a hospital on Friday, said the Seyaj Organization for the Protection of Children. “Although the cause of her death was lack of medical... »
