Saudi girl sentenced to 200 lashes + jail sentence for being gang raped

[Annie]

From that same source, here is an article that Sen. Clinton has condemned this action. I am not a Hillary supporter, but good for her on this issue.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/21/saudi.rape.reaction/index.html

 

[Details]

It's like looking into the distant past, medieval times. Judges having power beyond law, punishments based on their personal grudges, petty dislikes, and their desire to keep their power unquestioned and unlimited. Sounds to me like there's a long power struggle here, and this is just the latest step.

 

[Pandora]

Her husband released statements yesterday condemning the rulings and supporting his wife. The rape happened prior to their marriage.

I didn't even know she was married until last night!

 

[kline]

This where all the nonsense about all that is wrong in this part of the world is a lack of 'cultural understanding' on our part...otherwise things would be fine,shows itself up for the P.C. psycho babble it is.
7th century savagery and cruelty is just that.
Where are all of our celebrity activists when something like this is going on.The silence is deafening.

 

[believe09]

Do not fool yourselves that 200 lashes is not a potential death sentence-either the pain or the amount of damaged skin could easily cause someone to expire...this is not being spanked people. This is being lashed on bare skin 200 times.

 

[believe09]

Now the Saudis seem to be reacting to some international pressure-the judges are claiming that the reason they doubled her sentence was because she was guilty of adultery in the eyes of the law-a former male friend heard she was engaged and apparently was blackmailing her because he had a picture of the two of them. She met him so that she could get the picture back and the two of them were abducted by the rapists. She did not go to the police after the original assault-her new husband heard the rapists BRAGGING about what they had done to her. He filed the charges-and here we are...an unrepresented woman being punished for being raped and sodomized. It is almost unheard of for her husband to be going to bat for her-bless him, he must truly love her. Time to continue the pressure and get this poor woman freed before her sentence is carried out!

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/24/saudi.rape/index.html

 

[CyberLaw]

Saudi Arabia is not going to be doing much to help this girl. Canada has commented, other countries have commented and also the US commented.

The Saudi's will do what they want according to their law. Islamic Law and trust me, they don't care much what other people think of them. After all they have a lot of oil and money.

 

[believe09]

There is hope for the victim in this case-Saudi Arabia is indeed reacting to international outrage and will conduct a judicial review of the sentence before it is carried out!

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/27/saudi.justice.ap/index.html

 

[believe09]

Good deal-a much fairer ending to this case...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071217/ap_on_re_mi_ea/saudi_justice;_ylt=Aqu6VLU34GI5Jl7OR3SGAV2s0NUE

 

[wildTrose]

they raped both of them?....she gets sentenced to 90 lashes and the rapists get 2 to 5 years..where are their 90 lashes?

 

[Taximom]

believe09, thanks for the update. I could barely stand thinking about this case. As if that poor woman doesn't have enough going on psychologically after being raped...

I wonder how many others are being treated this way that we never hear about. I'm sure more than we can imagine. :sick:

 

[believe09]

fortunately for this girl, international pressure came to bear at a time when the Saudi's need a positive image with a Western world. If her husband had not come to her defense, she would either be dead or maimed by now. She and he are still in grave danger of an honor killing.

 

[nanandjim]

Don't they cut off the hands of thieves over there? Do you see where I am going with this??

 

[Annie]

I am so glad to hear that news. I cringe at the thought of even one lash, and she was going to get 90 for a crime that was done against her. I hope she leaves the country or at least the area where she will be safer.

 

[nappy2]

Those people over there are a bunch of crazies!!!!!!:furious: :furious:

 

[believe09]

just to close the loop on this story...

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/21/saudi.lawyer/index.html

 

[HAWG]

These pepole are crazy, there is no help for these pepole because they dont want help!!! Their beleif are so bizare that there is no way that we can ever make a difference because we cant understand their ways!!!

 

[believe09]

These pepole are crazy, there is no help for these pepole because they dont want help!!! Their beleif are so bizare that there is no way that we can ever make a difference because we cant understand their ways!!!

Actually, from my understanding, it was the judge who was aberrant. The husband of the victim took the unusual step of appealing to the international community because he said this did not represent the muslim world he knew and studied and lived in. Holding women to a higher, more pure standard is by no means exclusive to the Middle East either-here in the US rape victims are raped twice...once by the assailant and then again when they testify. Many, many defense attorneys have a blame the victim mentality and there are just as many judges and juries who can hold the same view. For example, how many women in high risk professions report rape? It makes me crazy...

 

[Ntegrity]

:laugh:

Don't they cut off the hands of thieves over there? Do you see where I am going with this??