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[Sana'a, 6 February 2009] The Sana’a-based Seyaj Organization for Childhood Protection urged on Saturday all concerned authorities to quickly investigate the rapping and assaulting of a five-year old girl in Eyal Yazeed district of Amran province. In a press release published on Tuesday, the organization said that a medical report on the child proved that the girl has been sexually assaulted. It said that she has suffered serious physical injuries and psychological traumas. The security forces in Eyal Yazeed have reportedly arrested the perpetrator, who some information claims to be 13-14 years old. Security said the perpetrator confessed the rape. SEYAJ called on the security forces to refer the case to prosecution and highly appreciated efforts of Amran governor Kahlan Mujahid Abu Shawareb who called the organization last Tuesday and condemned the perpetration and assured the assaulter would be punished. This is the second case that Seyaj has managed to report, according to head of Seyaj, Ahmed al-Qurashi. Al-Qurashi highly thanked the lawyer Faisal al-Majeedi, who volunteered to represent the victim girl in response to a call by her father who has immediately headed to Seyaj to ask for help and said that some people pressure him to renounce the case. Seyaj said that most of the victims of sexual and physical assaults are weak people and marginalized classes in the society and they cannot get justice. Last December, a Yemeni barber raped and killed an 11-year child, Hamdi al-Qabas. The incidence had become a public issue. The Sana'a Criminal Court convicted the adult of the rape and killing and sentenced him to death in public. Further Information: ** Sexual Exploitation: Recovery and reintegration of children from the effects of sexual exploitation and related trafficking (Oak Foundation) ** World Congress III Closes on unfinished business (28/11/2008) ** More on Children in Yemen ** More on Children and Sexual Exploitation