Saudi Arabia to Punish Survivor of Gang Rape with 200 Lashes and Prison Term

[one...two...tree 2,762]

The 19-year-old Shiite woman was originally sentenced to receive 90 lashes for "being in the car of an unrelated male at the time of the rape," but after the woman had the unmitigated temerity of not unquestioningly submitting to being tortured as punishment for "getting herself raped," judges on Saudi Arabia's Higher Judicial Council more than doubled her punishment for "her attempt to aggravate and influence the judiciary through the media."

Her lawyer, human rights activist Abdul Rahman al-Lahem, has been banned by the court from further working on her case, had his law license revoked, and been "summoned by the ministry of justice to appear before a disciplinary committee in December" after he appealed the original verdict--not only because his client was sentenced to receive lashes, but because her Sunni rapists were sentenced to shockingly paltry sentences of one to five years.

On appeal, the court increased their sentences to two to nine years. And they gave the women they raped 110 more lashes and a prison term.

http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/

[nin 1]

That should teach those victims never to do it again!

[~Laura and Nick~ 5]

The 19-year-old Shiite woman was originally sentenced to receive 90 lashes for "being in the car of an unrelated male at the time of the rape," but after the woman had the unmitigated temerity of not unquestioningly submitting to being tortured as punishment for "getting herself raped," judges on Saudi Arabia's Higher Judicial Council more than doubled her punishment for "her attempt to aggravate and influence the judiciary through the media."

Her lawyer, human rights activist Abdul Rahman al-Lahem, has been banned by the court from further working on her case, had his law license revoked, and been "summoned by the ministry of justice to appear before a disciplinary committee in December" after he appealed the original verdict--not only because his client was sentenced to receive lashes, but because her Sunni rapists were sentenced to shockingly paltry sentences of one to five years.

On appeal, the court increased their sentences to two to nine years. And they gave the women they raped 110 more lashes and a prison term.

http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/

What the hell? What type of world do we live in?!?!?!

So completely scary.....

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

She did the crime (of being female), she oughta be ok with doing the time.

[~Laura and Nick~ 5]

She did the crime (of being female), she oughta be ok with doing the time.

are you joking??

[Scott & Lai 12]

She did the crime (of being female), she oughta be ok with doing the time.

are you joking??

It appears to be a crime in some places...

[~Laura and Nick~ 5]

She did the crime (of being female), she oughta be ok with doing the time.

are you joking??

It appears to be a crime in some places...

....well I hope that no one on these boards agrees with that.

[Scott & Lai 12]

She did the crime (of being female), she oughta be ok with doing the time.

are you joking??

It appears to be a crime in some places...

....well I hope that no one on these boards agrees with that.

I sincerely doubt we have such animals on the boards.

[BabyBlueSusie 1]

She did the crime (of being female), she oughta be ok with doing the time.

are you joking??

It appears to be a crime in some places...

....well I hope that no one on these boards agrees with that.

im pretty positive that VJ Troll's comment was sarcastic

and there are plenty of people here in america that think the woman is partially to blame when she gets raped...havent you ever heard anyone say 'well did you see what she was wearing? she asked for it'

[~Laura and Nick~ 5]

and there are plenty of people here in america that think the woman is partially to blame when she gets raped...havent you ever heard anyone say 'well did you see what she was wearing? she asked for it'

Yes and it's sick.

[almaty 19]

She did the crime (of being female), she oughta be ok with doing the time.

are you joking??

It appears to be a crime in some places...

....well I hope that no one on these boards agrees with that.

im pretty positive that VJ Troll's comment was sarcastic

and there are plenty of people here in america that think the woman is partially to blame when she gets raped...havent you ever heard anyone say 'well did you see what she was wearing? she asked for it'

well, they are chopf##ks...as no one has the right to violate another person////

and the lady in saudi, it is a primitve law..and cruel punishment....

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Yes - I was being sarcastic.

[Drew and Tik 0]

You have to understand that the laws of Saudi Arabia are truly retarded, for lack of a better term.

Yes they should change this. Yes they are just as ###### up as the government of Iraq was and Iran currently is.

They do stuff like this all of the time, and actually they do much worse. You can be executed simply for being gay or having premarital sex (if you're a woman). She got off "light" in their eyes. This is a country where progression is slow, they just outlawed slavery in 1962. This is our biggest ally in the middle east Go America and it's fight for justice, really know how to pick 'em.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

She did the crime (of being female), she oughta be ok with doing the time.

Also, another crime (mentioned in the first line of the article) of being a Shia in Salafi-chopfrack-ruled Saudi Arabia.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

well, they are chopf##ks

Absolutely true

...as no one has the right to violate another person////

and the lady in saudi, it is a primitve law..and cruel punishment....

In Saud family's (all Salafi chopfracks) eyes, she did three crimes:

• being female
• being Shia
• assuming that under those two circumstances, she would have any rights in court