The 19-year-old woman sentenced to months of imprisonment in Wau, for refusing to consent to arranged marriage, has been released upon intervention o the state government.
A former Judge of the Court of Appeal has criticized Wau traditional chiefs involved in the conviction of a 19-year-old survivor of forced marriage, saying they are have no right to jail a person for a civil case.
A traditional court in Wau of Western Bhar el Gazal State has sentenced a 19 years-old girl to four months in reformatory prison for rejecting a husband chosen for her by the family.