This Is Still Unbelievable
"A court in the ultra-conservative kingdom of Saudi Arabia is punishing a female victim of gang rape with 200 lashes and six months in jail, a newspaper reported on Thursday.
The 19-year-old woman -- whose six armed attackers have been sentenced to jail terms -- was initially ordered to undergo 90 lashes for "being in the car of an unrelated male at the time of the rape," the Arab News reported.
But in a new verdict issued after Saudi Arabia's Higher Judicial Council ordered a retrial, the court in the eastern town of Al-Qatif more than doubled the number of lashes to 200.
A court source told the English-language Arab News that the judges had decided to punish the woman further for "her attempt to aggravate and influence the judiciary through the media." [AFP]
90 lashes for being in the car with her rapist. What's the penalty for being pinned to the ground under the rapist? She probably violated the dress code while being raped, too, wouldn't you think?
Wait, it gets worse. The rapists were Sunni Muslims, who run the show in Saudi. The victim was a Shiite. So I bet they can come up with some "violation of her class place" charge if they think about it hard enough.
In other news our good friend Steve is in Kuwait as I blog, waiting to catch up with the soldiers he'll be embedded with. Please pray for Steve's saftey!
The 19-year-old woman -- whose six armed attackers have been sentenced to jail terms -- was initially ordered to undergo 90 lashes for "being in the car of an unrelated male at the time of the rape," the Arab News reported.
But in a new verdict issued after Saudi Arabia's Higher Judicial Council ordered a retrial, the court in the eastern town of Al-Qatif more than doubled the number of lashes to 200.
A court source told the English-language Arab News that the judges had decided to punish the woman further for "her attempt to aggravate and influence the judiciary through the media." [AFP]
90 lashes for being in the car with her rapist. What's the penalty for being pinned to the ground under the rapist? She probably violated the dress code while being raped, too, wouldn't you think?
Wait, it gets worse. The rapists were Sunni Muslims, who run the show in Saudi. The victim was a Shiite. So I bet they can come up with some "violation of her class place" charge if they think about it hard enough.
In other news our good friend Steve is in Kuwait as I blog, waiting to catch up with the soldiers he'll be embedded with. Please pray for Steve's saftey!
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