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Amnesty email of the month
Dec. 5th, 2007 01:08 pm Saudi Arabia: Woman victim of gang rape sentenced to 200 lashes
A woman known as “the girl from al-Qatif” and her male companion were kidnapped at knifepoint by a gang of seven men shortly after they met in 2006. The male companion was attacked by the gang but then released. The woman however was raped by the gang.
The gang were convicted of kidnap and rape. However, the woman and her male companion, victims of the crime, were convicted in 2006 of being alone in private with a member of the opposite sex who was not an immediate family member “Khilwa”. They were sentenced originally to 90 lashes and when the woman and her lawyer sought to reject that verdict, it was actually increased to 200 lashes and a 6 month prison term.
Please email HRH Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf - Ambassador to the UK and the Republic of Ireland:
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID=381
A woman known as “the girl from al-Qatif” and her male companion were kidnapped at knifepoint by a gang of seven men shortly after they met in 2006. The male companion was attacked by the gang but then released. The woman however was raped by the gang.
The gang were convicted of kidnap and rape. However, the woman and her male companion, victims of the crime, were convicted in 2006 of being alone in private with a member of the opposite sex who was not an immediate family member “Khilwa”. They were sentenced originally to 90 lashes and when the woman and her lawyer sought to reject that verdict, it was actually increased to 200 lashes and a 6 month prison term.
Please email HRH Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf - Ambassador to the UK and the Republic of Ireland:
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID=381
