Woman awaits execution in Saudi for killing man who attempted to rape her

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http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2005/September/middleeast_September403.xml§ion=middleeast&col=

DUBAI — A young woman is waiting execution in Saudi Arabia for killing a man who was trying to rape her, the Saudi newspaper Arab News reported yesterday.

The woman was convicted of murdering a man while trying to stop him from raping her. Repeated efforts to sway the family of the murder victim to grant her pardon have failed, said the paper.

Arab News did not give the name, age or nationality of the woman.

Abha prison director Major Saud Al Otaibi told the paper that the woman has spent six years wondering whether her fate will be pardon or death.

Lately she has become isolated, extremely depressed and her physical condition is deteriorating, Al Otaibi said.

[populistdriven]

1. Saudi is worse than Iran for Women

[applegrove]

2. Saudis have a ways to go with human rights & criminal law. But they

made a big huge step. Did anyone catch it? They actually donated money to a humanitarian cause. Katrina. Granted they were late. But they did. I swear they did it - they donated money to a humanitarian cause..outside of their own narrow tribalism.

They did it. I saw them. They did it and they cannot take it back.

[Tight_rope]

3. And the Saudi's are the Bush's "BEST FRIENDS"...except

for when it comes to oil. The buck "Friendship" stops there.

[longship]

4. OMG! They'll stone her.

:cry:

[kestrel91316]

6. Either that or behead her. Maybe she is better off dead than having to

continue living in such a COMPLETELY FUCKED UP place.

[etherealtruth]

5. There is absolutely no justice for women there n/t

[Nay]

7. Nope, women just can't win--kill your rapist, they execute you for

murder. Let him rape you, and your family gets to stone you for adultery.

[Downtown Hound]

8. Our good friends the Saudis

But we must invade Iraq because they have all these WMD's, no wait, because there was a connection between Saddam and Bin Laden, no wait, because they're a brutal dictatorship. Yeah that's right, a brutal dictatorship!