Saudi Woman Driver Sentenced to 10 Lashes

[ZombieHorde]

By Donna Abu-Nasr - Sep 27, 2011 5:26 PM MT

Two days after Saudi King Abdullah’s historic decision to allow women to participate in elections, two Saudi women were punished for breaking the ban on female driving: One was sentenced 10 lashes by a court in Jeddah and another was detained in Riyadh.

The incidents highlight the continuing disparity between the rights of men and women in the kingdom. Women may be able to vote and run in the 2015 municipal elections, but they still can’t drive, argue in court before a judge, travel, get an education or a job without male approval.

“Saudi Arabia made the giant leap this week from an F- to an F+ in human rights,” David Keyes, executive director of Advancing Human Rights, said in an e-mailed response to questions on Sept. 27. “It’s unconscionable that in the 21st century a woman cannot drive herself to work, a restaurant or just for the fun of it.”

Saudi Arabia, holder of the world’s biggest oil reserves, has mostly avoided the anti-government demonstrations that have rocked the Arab world this year. The kingdom announced spending plans totaling about 500 billion riyals ($130 billion) to prevent the regional unrest from sparking dissent at home.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-27/saudi-woman-driver-sentenced-to-10-lashes.html

[marmar]

1. ........

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jkySfZbMIPg/SLqzThh_D5I/AAAAAAAAAiY/-io4Q-APrSg/s400/bush+KISSES+Saudi+prince.jpg

[ZombieHorde]

2. That photo is fake, right? nt

[RKP5637]

4. Yep, they took the tongue action out! n/t

[marmar]

5. I think that one's been PSed a bit......

Here's a real one:

[bluestateguy]

3. What a lovely country

Oh, but, but, it's their culture and we need to be culturally sensitive to our diversity and .... :puke:

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. Warning... pics of what this woman will experience

this woman was lashed for being raped.

[Beacool]

8. Lovely country...........

Note to self: If visiting Saudi Arabia avoid being raped, they might cane me as punishment.

:crazy:


:(

[mgarin]

11. Saudi King Saves Woman from Caning

The curse of oil dependence goes both ways. The vast concentration of oil wealth has crippled progress in that part of the world as well as ours. As Charles Foster Kane remarks in Citizen Kane, “If I hadn't been very rich, I might have been a really great man. ...

[BeyondGeography]

7. Scum

[riderinthestorm]

9. Kick for more exposure of despicable behavior from this grotesque patriarchal culture

Anyone have any doubts yet about the culture of degradation and abuse towards women in these patriarchal societies??

Fuck. This. Shit.

[Kaleko]

10. Hear the silent screams of all the women.