By Scott Douglas Jacobsen A 19-year-old, Noura Hussein Hammad, from Sudan has been sentenced to death for the killing of a man. Hammad killed the man in self-defense while being raped. The context is a forced marriage while a child/teenager and so forced child marriage, marital rape while being held down by several men, and… Read more »
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen Marieme Helie Lucas is an Algerian sociologist, activist, founder of ‘Secularism is a Women’s Issue,’ and founder and former International Coordinator of ‘Women Living Under Muslim Laws.’ Here we talk about the case of Noura Hammad. Noura has been sentenced to death and has 15 days to appeal the decision. The hashtag… Read more »
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen Sodfa Daaji is the Chairwoman of the Gender Equality Committee and the North Africa Coordinator for the Afrika Youth Movement. Here we talk about Noura Hussein Hammad’s urgent case. The hashtag: #JusticeForNoura. Daaji’s email if you would like to sign: daajisodfa.pr@gmail.com. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is the baseline description of Hammad’s case? Sodfa Daaji: Noura is a… Read more »