Another Saudi gangrape victim sentenced to flogging for adultery

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Another One of, if not the, most savage culture.

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Thanks.

[maya62 7]

Nothing here indicates that "no effort was made to find the alleged rapists". My understanding of the law here in Saudi is that if they (the rapists) are identified and caught, the consequences for them are worse. Unfortunately as both parties get punished the victim (as was in this case) attempts to hide the crime, time passes, and there is nothing the legal system can do. The law here is not secret. Single women and men are NOT allowed to be alone together in public. They check couples all the time for proof of marriage at the mall, market, etc and it's a bad thing (even for a USC) to be found with an unmarried member of the opposite sex. Crime of any type here is rare indeed. As draconian as the laws may sound, it appears to me that on an outcome basis they appear to be effective.

Laws that rely on the subjugation of an entire gender (or race, or faith, etc... ) in order to be "effective" are nothing to be proud of.

I have absolutely no doubt that, if caught, these offenders would testify on behalf of one another and go unpunished.

Stories like this just turn my stomach.

[DeadPoolX 9]

There seems to be a couple of details missing from this story:

1. Why was she out in public if she's only allowed to do so alongside male family members?

2. Why did she get into get into a strange man's car? That'd break the law in that country and might be an incredibly dangerous thing to do (which turned out it was).

I'd like to know why those details haven't been reported. Were those friends who grabbed her? Maybe members of her extended family? Why would she get into the car if were neither? It's foolish to do so in the U.S., which has far more lenient laws and gives women rights.

I'd like to state that I do not, in any way, think sentencing this women to prison and lashing her is right nor does it solve anything. They're merely hurting the victim while the perpetrators go free. I can't understand why any judge would allow this.

I know I'm from an entirely different society, but temporarily removing the moral aspect, having these laws seem counterproductive. If nothing else, men would need to spend an inordinate amount of time watching over and/or driving the women. I'd have to imagine that'd lower overall productivity and therefore, hurt the country itself.

[MsMariah 0]

Adultery- sex with someone with whom you are NOT married.

I live in a place where it's legal to take a ride from a stranger of the opposite sex and I STILL wouldn't dare to do it, so what does that tell us about this woman who was raised in this super ultra conservative culture? Quite a careless rebel? Sure no one deserves to be raped, but she must be deviant. I'm sure she'll survive.

[panamania79 2]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/...g-adultery.html

Saudi judge sentences pregnant gang-rape victim to 100 lashes for committing adultery

Liz Hazelton

2009/02/11 11:01

A Saudi judge has ordered a woman should be jailed for a year and receive 100 lashes after she was gang-raped, it was claimed last night.

The 23-year-old woman, who became pregnant after her ordeal, was reportedly assaulted after accepting a lift from a man.

He took her to a house to the east of the city of Jeddah where she was attacked by him and four of his friends throughout the night.

She later discovered she was pregnant and made a desperate attempt to get an abortion at the King Fahd Hospital for Armed Forces.

According to the Saudi Gazette, she eventually 'confessed' to having 'forced intercourse' with her attackers and was brought before a judge at the District Court in Jeddah.

He ruled she had committed adultery - despite not even being married - and handed down a year's prison sentence, which she will serve in a prison just outside the city.

She is still pregnant and will be flogged once she has had the child.

The Saudi Arabian legal system practices a strict form of medieval law. Women have very few rights and are not even allowed to drive.

They are also banned from going out in public in the company of men other than male relatives

Once spent 5 days in Saudi Arabia, was the worst 5 months of my life.

OMG,and one of my goofy cousins just went there to teach English.

Adultery- sex with someone with whom you are NOT married.

I live in a place where it's legal to take a ride from a stranger of the opposite sex and I STILL wouldn't dare to do it, so what does that tell us about this woman who was raised in this super ultra conservative culture? Quite a careless rebel? Sure no one deserves to be raped, but she must be deviant. I'm sure she'll survive.

[Amby 490]

#######? that's fecked up!

[panamania79 2]

other important issue here... did the kidnapping rapists get caught and what happened to them!!!???

Probabaly nothing

[DeadPoolX 9]

other important issue here... did the kidnapping rapists get caught and what happened to them!!!???

Probabaly nothing

I wouldn't be surprised if they get to take turns lashing her.

[panamania79 2]

other important issue here... did the kidnapping rapists get caught and what happened to them!!!???

Probabaly nothing

I wouldn't be surprised if they get to take turns lashing her.

It wouldn't surprise me either not one bit.

[sj5 4]

I'm glad, I'm not from Saudi Arabia otherwise.

Edited February 13, 2009 by VJ's Opportunist

[panamania79 2]

I'm glad, I'm not from Saudi Arabia otherwise.

[Ban Hammer 14,286]

Adultery- sex with someone with whom you are NOT married.

I live in a place where it's legal to take a ride from a stranger of the opposite sex and I STILL wouldn't dare to do it, so what does that tell us about this woman who was raised in this super ultra conservative culture? Quite a careless rebel? Sure no one deserves to be raped, but she must be deviant. I'm sure she'll survive.

you call it deviant, i call it naive. why don't you just come out and say she deserved it?

[Marilyn. 340]

Adultery- sex with someone with whom you are NOT married.

I live in a place where it's legal to take a ride from a stranger of the opposite sex and I STILL wouldn't dare to do it, so what does that tell us about this woman who was raised in this super ultra conservative culture? Quite a careless rebel? Sure no one deserves to be raped, but she must be deviant. I'm sure she'll survive.

not in my dictionary

adultery: voluntary sexual intercourse between a married man and someone other than his wife or between a married woman and someone other than her husband

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adultery

[tmma 467]

Adultery- sex with someone with whom you are NOT married.

I live in a place where it's legal to take a ride from a stranger of the opposite sex and I STILL wouldn't dare to do it, so what does that tell us about this woman who was raised in this super ultra conservative culture? Quite a careless rebel? Sure no one deserves to be raped, but she must be deviant. I'm sure she'll survive.

wow.

[panamania79 2]

Adultery- sex with someone with whom you are NOT married.

I live in a place where it's legal to take a ride from a stranger of the opposite sex and I STILL wouldn't dare to do it, so what does that tell us about this woman who was raised in this super ultra conservative culture? Quite a careless rebel? Sure no one deserves to be raped, but she must be deviant. I'm sure she'll survive.

you call it deviant, i call it naive. why don't you just come out and say she deserved it?

Really

But she didn't deserve it !

other important issue here... did the kidnapping rapists get caught and what happened to them!!!???

They'll probably get rewarded for being so macho the bastards !

Adultery- sex with someone with whom you are NOT married.

I live in a place where it's legal to take a ride from a stranger of the opposite sex and I STILL wouldn't dare to do it, so what does that tell us about this woman who was raised in this super ultra conservative culture? Quite a careless rebel? Sure no one deserves to be raped, but she must be deviant. I'm sure she'll survive.

What if that was your sister,cousin,aunt,etc ?