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jannyk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-26-09 01:25 PM
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Saudi sex TV producer spared lash
Source: BBC

The Saudi king has waived a sentence of flogging on a female journalist working for a TV channel which aired graphic accounts of sex in the kingdom. King Abdullah cancelled the sentence of 60 lashes against Rozanna al-Yami, after being briefed on the case.

No reason has been given for the king's decision. It is the second time he has intervened in a high-profile flogging sentence in two years.
The original programme was part of a series called Red Lines, examining taboos in the Arab world, including extra-marital sex in Saudi Arabia.

Mazen Abdul Jawad provoked outrage by describing his techniques for meeting and having sex with Saudi women. He has apologised and claimed LBC tricked him, but he was jailed for five years and sentenced to 1,000 lashes.

Three of his friends who appeared on the show got two years each and the cameraman was jailed for two months. The station's offices in Saudi Arabia were closed down and two of its producers - both female - put on trial.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8326520.stm
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   Could it be the bad  supernova   Oct-26-09 01:26 PM   #1 
   Yes, embarrassing these guys is good!  get the red out   Oct-26-09 02:00 PM   #2 
      Yep. Internet and cable TV shine light on barbaric customs. Glad the woman won't get lashed. hope  Liberal_in_LA   Oct-26-09 10:28 PM   #5 
   Saudi King: "Without pictures this evidence is useless."  Guy Whitey Corngood   Oct-26-09 02:15 PM   #3 
      lol!  Lagomorph   Oct-26-09 08:25 PM   #4 
 
supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-26-09 01:26 PM
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1. Could it be the bad
publicity these awful stories generate in the West?

I say tell more of them. I'm sure it's just the tip of the ice berg.
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get the red out Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-26-09 02:00 PM
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2. Yes, embarrassing these guys is good!
Seems like embarrassment works, keep the bad Saudi press coming!
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-26-09 10:28 PM
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5. Yep. Internet and cable TV shine light on barbaric customs. Glad the woman won't get lashed. hope
the man doesn't get lashed.
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Guy Whitey Corngood Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-26-09 02:15 PM
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3. Saudi King: "Without pictures this evidence is useless."
:evilgrin:
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Lagomorph Donating Member (850 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-26-09 08:25 PM
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4. lol!
pics or gtfo of my court!
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