Monday, October 05, 2009

Girl sentenced to jail in Saudi for being raped

Girl gets a year in jail, 100 lashes for adultery
By Adnan Shabrawi

JEDDAH – A 23-year-old unmarried woman was awarded one-year prison term and 100 lashes for committing adultery and trying to abort the resultant fetus. The District Court in Jeddah pronounced the verdict on Saturday after the girl confessed that she had a forced sexual intercourse with a man who had offered her a ride. The man, the girl confessed, took her to a rest house, east of Jeddah, where he and four of friends assaulted her all night long. The girl claimed that she became pregnant soon after and went to King Fahd Hospital for Armed Forces in an attempt to carry out an abortion. She was eight weeks’ pregnant then, the hospital confirmed. According to the ruling, the woman will be sent to a jail outside Jeddah to spend her time and will be lashed after delivery of her baby who will take the mother’s last name. – Okaz/SG

From HERE.

2 comments:

JohnG. said...

In my country, there was a humourous show in which policemen were called by a woman because her husnabd was violant and raped her. As they came at the woman's home, they saw the violent man and he threatened them.

So the "hilarious" concluding was this : we saw the policemen bringing the woman to jail, the woman having to justify herself before the law of her rape ....

That was hilarious, because it was made just ten years ago ...

What about todays?

Abu Daoud said...

Yes John, I think you are right. The sad thing is that KSA is supported by Western governments.