Nada Al-Ahdal | The girl who was beaten until she suffered a brain bleed, blood poisoning and an opening in her neck
The girl who was beaten until she suffered a brain bleed, blood poisoning and an opening in her neck so she can breathe through it is named Aya Azimat, a Jordanian girl, a university student, who now lies in Jordan University Hospital,
The girl is under threat, and so are her sisters,
A friend contacted more than one human rights organisation in Jordan to secure Aya's safety and hold her brothers to account; they all had one answer: we cannot do anything as long as the girl has not filed a complaint!!
Well, how is she supposed to file a complaint when she is between life and death?
And even if she wakes up, how is she supposed to complain when she is under her brothers' power, meaning under threat??
Important note: all the young men and women who are now writing about Aya's case are receiving threats, directly or through other people, threats from Aya's family, her male brothers specifically.
Another important note: Aya was severely beaten, which led to deformities and injuries that forced the doctors to perform brain surgery on the young woman,
and yet, according to what reached me, the medical reports so far record that Aya fell, causing these injuries, without anyone's involvement!
And this may mean collusion, in one way or another, by the hospital administration.
Please share about this; Aya's only hope may be for the matter to become a case of public opinion.
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