Despite pleading letters to stop death penalty, Aisha al-Hamzi executed

[babylonsister]

Despite pleading letters to stop death penalty:
رصد ومتابعة: Aisha al-Hamzi executed
الأحد 19 إبريل-نيسان 2009 / HOOD online



Aisha al-Hamzi, 40, has been executed by fire squad today at 11:30 am. She was executed despite of the letters sent by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch to stop the death penalty against al-Hamzi, who murdered her husband in 2002.

Aisha al-Hamzi was expecting death since 2003 when the primary court of the South East of Sana'a sentenced her with a death verdict in 2003 and then was ratified by the Appellate court in 2007. Likewise, the Supreme Court concurred the previous sentences.

Two of her kids attended her execution and they refused to pardon her despite the prosecutor's efforts and some other tribal mediation. Eyewitness reported to HOOD Online that she tried to hug her children but they pushed her before getting executed with four bullets.

The other kids were inside the care upon shooting, and the girls put their finger in their ears not to hear the shooting.

They insist on her death because she ruined their reputation when she claimed that their father is abuser. In her will, she donated quarter of her wealth for charitable acts, and some cash to her cousins because they helped her in her case.

Her seven children are the plaintiffs, who refused to drop the case or to pardon their mother. The mother Aisha alleged that her murder was self-defence whereas her children and her husband's family claimed that she killed their father because he intended to marry another woman.

Her daughter confessed of being abused by her father, according to the preliminary investigation. But, she withdrew her statements. Aish claimed that the upon the crime scene, the father was abusing the daughter. Helplessly, Aisha said that she picked up the rifle, which was ready to shoot, and killed the father.

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[MADem]

1. Ghastly. The cultural pressure on the children is the thing that really brings the horror home. nt