Saudi rape victim sentenced to six months in jail, 200 lashes

[ClintonTyree]

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - A Saudi court sentenced a woman who had been gang raped to six months in jail and 200 lashes — more than doubling her initial penalty for being in the car of a man who was not a relative, a newspaper reported Thursday.


The decision by the Qatif General Court came in a case that had sparked rare debate about the kingdom's justice system when it surfaced more than a year ago.

In its decision Wednesday, the court also roughly doubled prison sentences for the seven men convicted of raping the 19-year-old woman, the Arab News reported on its English-language Web site.

According to Arab News, the court said the woman's punishment was increased because of "her attempt to aggravate and influence the judiciary through the media."

She had initially been sentenced to 90 lashes after being convicting her of violating Saudi's rigid laws on segregation of the sexes.

Under Saudi Arabia's interpretation of Islamic Sharia law, women are not allowed in public in the company of men other than their male relatives.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071116/ap_on_re_mi_ea/saudi_justice


And the Saudis are our "friends" and "allies". :wtf: Yeah, Saudi Arabia is SUCH a bastion of Democracy and Human Rights. And that sound you hear from the White House about this atrocity? (crickets chirping) I imagine the Repubs think she "had it coming". :grr:
Oil whores......our government is full of oil whores who'll conveniently look the other way when crap like THIS happens to one of our "allies" in the "war on terra".

Disgusting. Absolutely disgusting! :mad:

[sandnsea]

1. Well national security comes first

because nothing is more important than the US citizen being free to drive to the Walmart of their choice.

It's just stupid to think we can cozy up to the rulers of these countries and not be the target of backlash when they abuse their citizens.

Securing the human rights of others is what will make us secure.

[cboy4]

2. Gotta love Sharia...

NOT.

There's a distinction between culture and human rights violations.

Chalk up another violation for an Arab country.

She's just lucky she isn't gay or she would have been hanged from a crane.