Saudi Arabian Minister Orders Flogging Of 75 Year-old Woman

[DeSwiss]

Saudi Arabia must not flog 75-year-old woman

Amnesty International
15 December 2009

The Saudi Arabian authorities must not carry out the imminent flogging and imprisonment of an elderly woman and two younger men, Amnesty International said on Monday. The Minister of Interior 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.

All three were found guilty in March of being in the company of members of the opposite sex who are not close relatives, known as khilwa. The verdict was subsequently upheld by a court of appeal. Attempts to lodge an appeal at the Supreme Court were recently rejected.

If imprisoned, Amnesty International would consider all three to be prisoners of conscience as the organization considers the criminalization of khilwa to be a violation of the right to freedom of expression and to privacy as set out in international human rights standards.

"It is abhorrent that an elderly woman is at risk of 40 lashes. The flogging of any individual is cruel and inhumane," said Philip Luther, Deputy Director of Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa Programme. "We urge the authorities to prevent the imprisonment and flogging of Khamisa, Fahad and Hadyan."

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- I can't talk about this yet. But I will say this, fuck the Saudis and their anti-blasphemy initiative.......
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[earcandle]

1. Do they NOT LOVE in Saudi Arabia? Less than human, are they? How uncivilized.

What happened to the magic of Arabian Nights and the
Sherherrezod (sp?) stories?  Did they lose their hearts over
oil and power mongering?  Have they drunk the cool aid and
become robotic?  Whatever could be the problem with people
spending time with each other and who cares what they do with
their time as long as it isn't hurting anyone?  I really
cannot understand the backwardness of such a culture.  Didn't
they invent math?  Math is crucial to understanding the
movements of matters.  Is their leader now a Mad Hatter? 

[DeSwiss]

2. I'm sure that the people do love....

...each other and the members of their families, as we all do. But I've seen nothing that looks like love coming from their leaders nor their patriarchal imams.

- The only thing their leaders appear to love is power and obedience to their barbarism.

[ixion]

3. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present our allies

we should be so proud. :sarcasm:

[DeSwiss]

4. We are their allies.....

...to the extent that we have always provided weapons to the Saud family in order that they might maintain their grip on the throats of their people.

- And while we fund the Saud family's Wahhabi schools, their adherents fly planes into our buildings. Some allies.....

[Vehl]

7. exactly...shooting our own foot indeed!. nt

[ProgressiveProfessor]

6. Gentlemen and Ladies, I present the Sharia in all its Islamic splendor

Men always go first in an Islamic society

[DeSwiss]

8. Yes. In all its splendor and gory glory.....

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[struggle4progress]

5. There's no written penal code: the judges more or less do what they want