All over various social media platforms, both celebrities and ordinary folk alike have taken up tweeting support for Noura.
They’ve not only shown support for Noura but have, by unspoken agreement, used a hashtag to call for the pardon of Noura.
The question is, who is Noura?
Noura, full name Noura Hussein, is a 19-year-old who has been sentenced to death by a Sudanese court. This is after she stabbed her husband to death who she said had raped her.
The relative of the man she was forced to marry had held her down, she said, while he raped her.
Despite the circumstances surrounding the manslaughter, her husband’s relatives refused the option to pardon her and rejected compensation. Instead, they requested that she be executed.
A long history of abuse
Noura, according to CNN, had been forced to marry at the early age of 15 and resorted to running away from home.
She was tricked into returning by her dad three years later, who…
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