Report: court hands jail term, doubles lashes for woman victim of gang rape
A Saudi court sentenced a 19-year-old woman victim of gang rape to six months in jail and 200 lashes — more than double than in her initial sentence for being in the car of a man who was not her relative, a newspaper reported Thursday.
The decision Wednesday was a shocking move by the General Court in the Saudi city of Qatif, in a case that had sparked debate about the kingdom's justice system when it surfaced over a year ago.
Yes, a women was unwillingly in the car with her rapist and she gets 6 months in jail and 200 lashes for it. People say America is unfair, wake up and smell the cow shit, there is a lot worse in the world. Everybody could do better but instead of working so much and spending so much on improving rights here, groups need to reach out across the world and improve womens rights in places like Saudi Arabia. This kind of thing is flat barbaric.
From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step. Denis Diderot
You might remember my rant about the Saudi Arabian justice system and how it punished the victim of a rape. Now it turns out there is a little more to the story. According to the Saudi Justice Ministry, she deserved to be raped because she was an adulte
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