Misrepresented Saudi rape case

Pete Tar

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An article recently shared on facebook,
Rape victim sentenced 200 lashes by Saudi court
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usually with this image -



resurrects a 6 year old case as new...

http://www.examiner.com/article/victim-sentenced-200-lashes-by-saudi-court?cid=taboola_inbound
September 24, 2013
"The victim's sentence was increased because her lawyer had spoken out..."

When the defense attorney for a raped Saudi Arabian woman appealed a Sharia Court decision that the 90-lash sentence against his client was unjust, all that was succeeded was the more than doubling of the punishment meted out to the woman who was raped and beaten by seven men, as reported by the women’s rights-centered news portal The Clarion Project on Sept. 22, 2013.
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However, the Clarion piece is from 2007.


A 19-year-old gang rape victim was sentenced to 200 lashes and to six months in jail for the crime of indecency and speaking to the press.
Thu, November 15, 2007
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and includes the update...

Update: Since publishing this article it has been reported that Saudi King Abdullah took note of the negative media coverage surrounding this case and that resulted in his direct intervention in the case and the pardoning of the woman.
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The exposure of this case prompted comment from President Bush and led to a pardon from the Saudi King.
http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2007/dec/17/saudi-king-pardons-rape-victim-sentenced-200-lashe/

The image that accompanies the facebook-shared article is used in a 2010 article about *Iranian* persecution of LGBT citizens.


This Iranian women was flogged for being a lesbian
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http://madikazemi.blogspot.com.au/2010/03/iranian-lgbt-persecuted-harassed-raped.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed: SaveMehdiKazemi (LGBT asylum news)
 
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