Majed Al-Madhaji, spokesman of the Sisters Arab Forum for Human Rights, said Thursday that the 13-year-old from Hajja province, northwest of the capital, died on April 2.

A medical report from Al-Thawra hospital said she suffered a tear to her genitals and severe bleeding.

The practice of marrying young girls is widespread in Yemen and has drawn the attention of international rights groups seeking to pressure the government to outlaw child marriages. Legislation that would make it illegal has drawn opposition from some of Yemen’s most influential Islamic leaders, leaving it deeply imperiled.

In 2008, 8-year-old Nojoud Mohammed Ali made headlines when she was granted a divorce from her 28-year-old husband. Nojoud was forced to marry under an agreement reached between her unemployed father and former husband, Faez Ali Thameur.

At the time, Thameur told a judge that he married Nojoud with her consent and her parents’, and that the marriage “was consummated, but I did not beat her.” He did not object to the divorce petition and the divorce was granted.