Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow
Memorial picture of Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow
Died: October 27, 2008
Kismayo, Somalia
Cause of death: Executed by stoning
Nationality: Somalia
The stoning of Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow was a public execution carried out by the Al-Shabaab militant group on October 27, 2008 in the southern port town of Kismayo, Somalia. Initial reports stated that the victim, Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow, was a 23-year-old woman found guilty of adultery.
However, Duhulow's father and aunt stated that she was 13 years old, under the age of marriage eligibility, and that she was arrested and stoned to death after trying to report that she had been raped. The execution took place in a public stadium attended by about 1,000 bystanders, several of whom attempted to intervene but were shot by the militants.[1][2][3]
The stoning was condemned by several human rights groups and was cited as being among the first incidents in the civil war in Somalia to be widely reported in the Western media.
According to Amnesty International, Al-Shabaab had formally charged Duhulow with adultery despite her age, although convicting a female that young of adultery is considered illegal under Islamic law.
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