In the Yemeni capital Sanaa killed in the past week a woman in front of their children. Her family had given consent to the execution in a prison, as reported by the Yemeni newspaper "Yemen Times". The killing took place despite protests Yemeni and international human rights organizations.
The woman had killed her husband in 2002, because this is one of the daughters had been sexually abused: In a debate she had taken a loaded gun and pulled the trigger. Two of her seven children and their father saw the execution by firing squad, the other children were waiting in the car in front of the prison, according to the paper, which quotes the oldest son (25) with the words: "They must be killed, because she has ruined our reputation"
The human rights organization Human Rights Watch had previously unsuccessfully with a letter to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. All judicial authorities had the 2003 death sentence confirmed for Aisha Al-H. The woman had described her actions as self-defense, while the family claimed the victim, Mrs Al-H had killed her husband because he tried to marry another woman.
The seven children 8-25 years, acted as plaintiffs and also on the verdict, because the mother as saying her father had abused his daughter, had stained the reputation of the family network. The family has to pardon to Yemeni law, the perpetrator. The daughter had confirmed the statement of the mother, the father had abused them at first, but then withdrawn, according to the paper.
The Yemeni human rights group HOOD which took over the defense of women, both the investigation and the process had not been possible neutral. It identified more cases in which children are required to kill his own mother, women would be Yemen in contrast to male offenders hardly pardoned.
Source: near-ost.info
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