Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Khamisa Mohammed Sawadi, 75, to be flogged for associating with men

More barbarism from Saudi Arabia. Is it any wonder Bin Laden came from there.

in reference to:

"HUMAN rights watchdog Amnesty International has called on Saudi Arabia to stay a sentence of 40 lashes handed down against a 75-year-old woman for breaching the kingdom's sex segregation rules. HUMAN rights watchdog Amnesty International has called on Saudi Arabia to stay a sentence of 40 lashes handed down against a 75-year-old woman for breaching the kingdom's sex segregation rules."The minister of the interior (Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz) is reported to have ordered the immediate detention and flogging of a 75-year-old woman, Khamisa Mohammed Sawadi, along with two Saudi Arabian men known only as Fahad and Hadyan," the London-based watchdog said."The Saudi Arabian authorities must not carry out the imminent flogging and imprisonment of an elderly woman and two younger men."Amnesty said all avenues of appeal had been exhausted in Saudi courts against the trio's March conviction for being in the company of members of the opposite sex who were not close relatives."
- Khamisa Mohammed Sawadi, 75, to be flogged for associating with men | The Australian (view on Google Sidewiki)

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