Interior Ministry formally hands Nada to her uncle Abdel Alahdal

Originally published by Al-Thawra Net on 14 July 2013.

One week after she fled her family’s home in Zabid at dawn, Nada Al-Ahdal was formally placed in the care of her uncle, Abdel Alahdal. The Family Protection Department of the Interior Ministry made the handover on the afternoon of 14 July 2013 (Al-Thawra Net, 14 July 2013 · archived copy).

It rested on an agreement signed by her father and his brother. Under its terms he is to house the eleven-year-old with his elderly mother in one flat, bear the whole cost of her upkeep and schooling and answer for her care. A lawyer from the child-protection organisation Seyaj was present (Al-Thawra Net, 14 July 2013 · archived copy).

The uncle had gone to Seyaj with the girl the week before and filed a complaint against her father and mother. In it he said he had taken her in when she was no more than two years old (Al-Thawra Net, 14 July 2013 · archived copy).