SANA’A
Yemen judiciary authorities have put on trial a man who last month brutally tortured and killed his 10-year-old girl for allegedly committing adultery in the north province of Dhamar.
It was reported that last week the trial of Noah Ali Saleh Al Yemeni, 33, who ruthlessly tortured and killed his daughter Maab.
Ma’ab، the 10 year old yemeni honour killing victim, was filmed by her father and uncle to use as leverage in court. The father asks her in the video, “Do you talk to boys? You never listen to your father right? So now you are going to hell right?” to which the girl replies “yes”.
The case was first reported by local residents, who found a body of heavily beaten Maab thrown under a mountain. Police said the girl was murdered and thrown from the top of the mountain by her father who accused her of engaging in sexual acts with men.
Colonel Mohammad Qassem Al Hadi, director of Dhamar’s criminal investigation department said that the father subjected the child to brutal treatment including burning her with an iron rod before killing her according to a video found in his mobile. Angered by the girl’s case, dozens of women and men went on a sit-in, in Dhamar demanding the father be executed.
The girl’s mother urged president Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi and the governor of Dhamar to bring back her other two daughters who are in the custody of her ex-husband.
“He is a killer. I demand he be severely tortured before executing him,” she said.
During last week’s hearing, prosecutors demanded the death sentence for the torturer, but activists and lawyers are sceptical the court will follow through because according to Penal law, the prison term is three years for persons found guilty of murdering their children and the punishment for torture is up to 10 years in prison.
