8 Year Old Saudi Girl Files for Divorce from 50 Year Old Husband

Saudi child 'files for divorce' [Excerpts]

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 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.

She had been married to a 28-year-old man.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7579616.stm