Nada Al-Ahdal | Urgent humanitarian appeal
Urgent humanitarian appeal
Today, Friday 14/1/2021, the Front Line human rights organisation received a humanitarian appeal from Ms Samira Mohammed Abdullah Al-Muraisi, the aunt of the two girls:
1- Basma Yahya Mohammed Abdullah Al-Muraisi, aged 11
2- Doaa Yahya Mohammed Abdullah Al-Muraisi, aged 10, from Al-Dhale governorate / Al-Mudarraj village
She appealed for intervention to prevent the marriage of the daughters of her brother, Mr Mohammed Abdullah Al-Muraisi, who suffers from an illness and a psychological condition that prevent him from stopping this marriage of his two girls, Basma and Doaa. Ms Samira, the girls' aunt, explained in her appeal to the organisation that the girls' mother, named Karima Mohammed, is the one who received the dowry money and is seeking to marry them off one month after this appeal. The mother has already married off her daughter Nisreen Mohammed Abdullah Al-Muraisi, aged 12, only three days ago.
The phenomenon of child marriage has worsened amid the deteriorating humanitarian and economic conditions caused by the war that has continued for more than five years, which has led to a decline in protection mechanisms, whether from child marriage or from other violations and crimes affecting children in Yemen.
Under the Child Rights Law No. (45) of 2002, and given that Yemen is a signatory to the international treaties on child protection, the Front Line human rights organisation urgently appeals to the competent authorities in Al-Dhale governorate / Al-Mudarraj village to intervene urgently to stop this crime against the two girls Basma and Doaa Yahya Abdullah Al-Muraisi, and to protect them from any verbal or physical violence they may personally suffer because of this intervention. The Front Line human rights organisation also appeals to all media outlets to take up the case of the two girls Basma and Doaa and turn it into a case of public opinion.
Issued by the Front Line organisation – Britain
Friday 14 January 2021
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