Description: (Victims of human rights abuses)
Noura Hussein Hammad is a Sudanese woman whose case sparked international attention due to her sentence of death by hanging for killing her husband after he raped her. Forced into marriage at a young age, she bravely defended herself against the abuse she faced. Despite the initial harsh judgment, her legal team successfully appealed the sentence, reducing it to five years in prison and a restitution payment. Noura's case shed light on issues of child marriage, forced marriage, and marital rape in Sudan.