150 lashes for being pregnant
According to a widely reported story from Ras Al Khaimah in the UAE, a woman is to receive 150 lashes as a punishment for becoming pregnant while unmarried.
"Her case was referred to the public prosecution department. She was ordered to take a pregnancy test, which came back positive.
The news report did not say if the lashes would be administered during her pregnancy. The lashes would be done in two stages and she will then be deported, said the report.
The maid, whose nationality was not given, refused to reveal the name of the child's father, despite being interrogated by the police and the public prosecutor, said the report."
Interrogated by police? Lashed and then deported? This is all taking place in a country that is supposed to be the modern, progressive face of the Arab World.
"Her case was referred to the public prosecution department. She was ordered to take a pregnancy test, which came back positive.
The news report did not say if the lashes would be administered during her pregnancy. The lashes would be done in two stages and she will then be deported, said the report.
The maid, whose nationality was not given, refused to reveal the name of the child's father, despite being interrogated by the police and the public prosecutor, said the report."
Interrogated by police? Lashed and then deported? This is all taking place in a country that is supposed to be the modern, progressive face of the Arab World.
posted by Diarmaid Mac Aonghusa at 23:02
1 Comments:
Isn't part of the problem that stuff like this isn't widely reported?
Google thinks yours is one of only 12 related stories. That's not many by Google News standards, and some of those are clearly unrelated UAE stories.
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