London, Oct 23 (ANI): A Yemeni court has reportedly sentenced a woman to death after she shot dead a male relative who tried to rape her.
Raja Hakimi was originally sentenced to two years in jail for the 'murder' of her unnamed relative.
But human rights groups in the country and abroad claim the Court of Appeal raised the sentence due to influences from the deceased's family members, the Daily Mail reports.
According to a report by Al Arabiya News, groups such as Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) argue that the woman acted in self-defence, and branded the court's decision an 'unjust ruling that violates all legislation and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.'
WJWC said that Hakimi was 'only defending herself' against the armed man, who allegedly decided to exploit the absence of the woman's husband and rape her, the report said.
Her defenders say that a panicked Hakimi grabbed her husband's gun when she saw the man and opened fire. (ANI)
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