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The Progressive Centre for Women Equalization Studies and Research (P.C.W.E.S.R), strongly object to the lawsuit against a young woman resulting in a sentence of 200 lashings and 6 months in prison after having been subjected to gang rape. The woman is a victim of a totally destructive human rights violation exercised by the Saudi Arabian society on top of the violation of being raped.
In March 2006 the woman was abducted with a friend and exposed to rape by 7 men. In October the men were sentenced to 2-3 years in prisen, while the woman herself was sentenced to 90 lashings, because Saudi Arabian law forbids a woman to meet with a man to whom she is not related. The woman and her solicitor appealed the sentence, whereupon the men were sentenced to 2-9 years in prison. The woman s sentence was increased to 200 lashings and 6 months in prison.
The judge disbarred the woman s solicitor, and the solicitor may now be suspended for 3 years.
We the undersigned’s and the Progressive Centre for Women Equalization Studies and Research appeals to women s and human rights organisations worldwide and call on the international community to pressure the Saudi Arabian government to denounce the sentence of the 19-year old woman and respect the woman’s rights.
P.C.W.E.S.R
Progressive Centre for Women Equalization Studies and Research
http://www.pcwesr.org
Contact : Bayan Salih Bgubrail@yahoo.dk
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