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Liputan6.com, Sanaa: A group of Human Rights (HAM), said that a 13-year-old Yemeni girl died because her genitals were injured. The incident occurred after four days the arranged marriage the family. Majed al-Madhaji, a spokesman for the Arab Sisters Forum for Human Rights said on Thursday (8 / 4), 13-year-old child from Hajja province, northwest of the capital Sanaa, died on 2 April.

According to medical reports from al-Thawra hospital, she suffered severe bleeding and damage to the intimate organ. The practice of marrying underage girls is widespread in Yemen. It attracts the international human rights groups to try pressing the Yemeni government to ban children under the age of marriage. (AP / Job)