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Teenager Noura Hussein: Sentenced to death in Sudan for killing 'rapist husband'

In Sudan, where Sharia is strictly followed, a court sitting at Omdurman has sentenced a 19-year-old girl to death for killing her husband as she resisted marital rape.

 A court in Sudan has sentenced to death a young woman for killing her husband after he allegedly raped her as his male relatives restrained her.

The judge in Omdurman confirmed the death penalty for Noura Hussein after her husband's family refused to accept financial compensation.

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