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| Saudi child 'files for divorce' | Saudi child 'files for divorce' |
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| A court in Saudi Arabia is reported to be preparing to hear a plea for divorce from an eight-year-old girl who has been married off to a man in his 50s. | A court in Saudi Arabia is reported to be preparing to hear a plea for divorce from an eight-year-old girl who has been married off to a man in his 50s. |
| The Saudi newspaper al-Watan said the girl had been married off to the man by her father without her knowledge. | The Saudi newspaper al-Watan said the girl had been married off to the man by her father without her knowledge. |
| The child's mother is thought to be pushing for the marriage to be annulled - though the father opposes the move. | The child's mother is thought to be pushing for the marriage to be annulled - though the father opposes the move. |
| In April, a court in neighbouring Yemen annulled the arranged marriage of another eight-year-old girl. | In April, a court in neighbouring Yemen annulled the arranged marriage of another eight-year-old girl. |
| She had been married to a 28-year-old man. | She had been married to a 28-year-old man. |
| Child-protection groups say children are often given away in return for hefty dowries, or as a result of old customs in which a father promises his infant daughters and sons to cousins out of a belief that marriage will protect them from illicit relationships. | |
| Activists have called for an end to the practice. | Activists have called for an end to the practice. |
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