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The Saudi king has pardoned a female rape victim sentenced to jail and 200 lashes for being alone with a man raped in the same attack, reports say. [...]

Press reports say King Abdullah's move did not mean the sentence was wrong. [...]

The custodial sentence plus 200 lashes was imposed after the woman, who has not been named, appealed against an earlier sentence of 90 lashes. [...]

The BBC's Heba Saleh says the king's decision to pardon the woman victim is already arousing controversy with some contributors to conservative websites, who say he has breached the rules of religion in order to appease critics in the West.

The US had called the punishment "astonishing", although it refused to condemn the Saudi justice system.

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the king's decision to pardon the woman victim is already arousing controversy with some contributors to conservative websites, who say he has breached the rules of religion in order to appease critics in the West.

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!!!

Well, they're right actually.

The only reason this was done is to appease the west.

And I wonder if it will work. Because it is quite the irrelevent symbol. Have they decided to modify theit injustice system with respect to future rape victims? How is this going to improve the victim's life? I think I saw her photo on another website... People know who she is and now lots of people in Saudi Arabia will resent her. Her life is ruined, she's probably going to be worse off now because of this "pardon", but the west will be appeased.

But anyhow I should STFU. SA is an ally in the war of terror, and they have a lot of oil.

[ 17 December 2007: Message edited by: 500_Apples ]

[ 17 December 2007: Message edited by: 500_Apples ]