May 16, 2018
Noura Hussein was imprisoned in Omdurman, Sudan, last year after fatally stabbing her husband, who she says raped her as his relatives held her down.
On Wednesday, Sudanese security forces came to the office of Hussein’s lead attorney, Adil Mohamed Al-Imam, just hours before he was due to brief the media on the latest developments in the case, activists said.
“The National Intelligence Security Services ‘NISS’ banned the press conference and ordered Noura’s defense team to cancel it,” Nahid Gabralla, director of SEEMA, a non-governmental organization working with victims and survivors of gender-based violence in the capital, Khartoum, said in a statement.
Women’s rights activist Amal Habani, coordinator of No Oppression Against Women Initiative Sudan, also confirmed that security forces came to Al-Imam’s office Wednesday morning. Both Habani and and Gabralla were in touch with Al-Imam on Wednesday.
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https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/16/africa/sudan-noura-hussein-lawyer-intimidation-intl/index.html
http://www.weny.com/story/38203538/lawyer-for-sudanese-teen-who-killed-her-rapist-facing-intimidation
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/may/14/sudan-urged-pardon-teenager-facing-death-for-killing-husband-who-raped-her-noura-hussein
https://www.voanews.com/a/rights-groups-un-eu-sudan-to-spare-noura-/4399446.html
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/18/africa/activist-behind-noura-hussein-petition-intl/index.html
Sudan: Immediately Cease Harassment and Intimidation of Adil Mohamed Al-Imam and Noura Hussein’s Legal Defence Team | Letter
http://www.uianet.org/en/content/sudan-%E2%80%93-justice-noura-hussein
http://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2018/05/18/au-soudan-la-condamnation-a-mort-d-une-adolescente-suscite-l-indignation_5300944_3212.html (FRANCAIS)
https://information.tv5monde.com/terriennes/soudan-qui-sauvera-noura-hussein-mariee-de-force-violee-meurtriere-pour-survivre-et (FRANCAIS)
http://geopolis.francetvinfo.fr/soudan-l-europe-au-secours-de-nouracondamnee-a-mort-pour-avoir-tue-son-violeur-190001 (FRANCAIS)
https://www.stern.de/panorama/weltgeschehen/sudan–19-jaehrige-toetet-vergewaltiger-in-notwehr—dafuer-wird-sie-zum-tode-verurteilt-7980580.html (DEUTSCHE)
https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/mundo/nota/lacondenaronamuertepormatarasumaridocuandointentabaviolarla-2421653/ (ESPANOL)
http://notizie.tiscali.it/esteri/articoli/sudan-sposa-bambina-sara-impiccata/ (ITALIANO)
https://lenta.ru/news/2018/05/11/rape/ (RUSSIAN)
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[…] Stories like this are what keep campaigners going. With intimidation and societal pushback from the Sudanese National Intelligence Security Services (NISS), which banned the lead attorney, Adil Mohamed Al-Imam, from appearing in a press […]
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[…] Stories like this are what keep campaigners going. With intimidation and societal pushback from the Sudanese National Intelligence Security Services (NISS), which banned the lead attorney, Adil Mohamed Al-Imam, from appearing in a press […]
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[…] Stories like this are what keep campaigners going. With intimidation and societal pushback from the Sudanese National Intelligence Security Services (NISS), which banned the lead attorney, Adil Mohamed Al-Imam, from appearing in a press […]
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