"ஏழு பேர் சேர்ந்து கற்பழித்தாலும் வெளியே சொல்லாதே. உனக்கும் தான் முதலில் தண்டனை" சொல்கிறது சவுதிய இஸ்லாமிய ஷரியத்

• Saudi Arabia: Rape Victim Punished for Speaking Out

"This verdict not only sends victims of sexual violence the message that they should not press charges, but in effect offers protection and impunity to the perpetrators."
Farida Deif, researcher in the women’s rights division of Human Rights Watch

Moreover, the court in October 2006 also sentenced both the woman and man who had been raped to 90 lashes each for what it termed “illegal mingling.” Human Rights Watch is particularly concerned that the criminalization of any contact between unmarried individuals of the opposite sex in Saudi Arabia severely impedes the ability of rape victims to seek justice. A court may view a woman’s charge of rape as an admission of extramarital sexual relations (or “illegal mingling”) unless she can prove, by strict evidentiary standards, that this contact was legal and the intercourse was nonconsensual.

Al-Lahim, who is Saudi Arabia’s best-known human rights lawyer, earlier this year had planned to take legal action against the Ministry of Justice for failing to provide him with a copy of the verdict against his client so that he could prepare an appeal. Despite numerous representations to the court and the ministry, he was not given a copy of the case file or the verdict. Read more...

Saudi court punishes rape victim - Al jazeera

நம்ம இன்டெர்நெட் ரவுடி, மன்னிக்கவும், இளவரசி அவர்களைப் போயி பாரீசில் உள்ள சவுதி அரேபிய தூதரகத்திற்கு முன்னால் வண்டிக்கார பாஷையில் ஒரு ஊடு கட்ட சொல்வோமா? எப்பா அது செய்தாலும் செய்து புடும், நமக்கு ஏன் வம்பு, ஆளவுடு.