Well, here is some good news for your Monday. I hadn't mentioned this issue here yet, but for those of you who haven't been following the news, I'll give you a summary: a 19 year old woman in Saudi Arabia was recently sentenced to 90 lashes for being gang raped... while the court did dish out jail time for the rapists, she was considered basically to blame because she was in a car with a man who was not a relative, which, in Saudi Arabia, is a very big deal. So, the girl appealed, and because the media got involved, her sentence was actually increased, from 90 lashes to 200 lashes and 6 months of jail time. Fantastic, right?
So, anyway, after lots and lots of international pressure and even protests in Saudi Arabia, and lots of good old media coverage, the king of Saudi Arabia has finally pardoned the teenager for being... uhh, for being raped.
A victory, but a bittersweet one.
read more, via AFP: http//afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hpc0CnoWmS1zeb14pFcDYD1xEYAQ
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