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CAIRO: A Saudi woman has been sentenced to be lashed 10 times with a whip for defying the kingdom's prohibition on female drivers, the first time a legal punishment has been handed down for a violation of the longtime ban in the ultraconservative Muslim nation. |
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@tevin777 | 29 September 11 |
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Normally, police just stop female drivers, question them and let them go after they sign a pledge not to drive again. But dozens of women have continued to take to the roads since June in a campaign to break the taboo.
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@tevin777 | 29 September 11 |
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Making Tuesday's sentence all the more upsetting to activists is that it came just two days after King Abdullah promised to protect women's rights and decreed that women would be allowed to participate in municipal elections in 2015. Abdullah also promised to appoint women to a currently all-male advisory body known as the Shura Council.
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@tevin777 | 29 September 11 |
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I gues 1st 4 women insurance company wont get any clients in that country.
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@beige1 | 29 September 11 |
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Thank flock i don't live there.
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@laylalay | 29 September 11 |
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give them time,this is new to them.sorry to the woman who was lashed
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@so_sassy | 29 September 11 |
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yeah im glad i dont live there, despite not driving.
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@fatz | 29 September 11 |
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BREAKING NEWS: ok my bad its old news the judgement on that lady was overturned today by the king. so yeah some may argue why hand down the sentce then overturn well atleast its a small step in the right direction. in time things will change there for the better.
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@kimjongl | 29 September 11 |
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its very easy to say 'in time' and things will change for the better when you don't experience it. it should change now.
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@ekka | 29 September 11 |
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well if enough women drive the courts would be to busy to lash the all.
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@9362 | 29 September 11 |
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@smohamed | 29 September 11 |
 digits had to put his outfit on
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@tevin777 | 29 September 11 |
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i wonder what sin/crime is it for a female to drive a vehicle? I mean who the HECK would get offended in the 1st place?
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@ekka | 29 September 11 |
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omw Didgets in Saudi that atire wount work huh u
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@tevin777 | 29 September 11 |
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i wonder if the bans just on vehicles or maybe it extends to camels too.
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@smohamed | 29 September 11 |
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it aint a sin nor a crime....
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@ekka | 29 September 11 |
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its a cultural thing and after talking to a women that live there I realised they don't all mind to be (in our eyes) discriminated against. A queen don't drive, have a body guard bla bla bla .. if they happy who are we to fight it.
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@tevin777 | 29 September 11 |
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yet its illegal and comes with a sentence of 10 lashes......for flip sake if it aint neither of the two then it must just be intimidation or abuse.... But i would be happy to hear ur views on this:  @smoh
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@smohamed | 29 September 11 |
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what ekka said
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@smohamed | 29 September 11 |
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traditions and so forth
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@tevin777 | 29 September 11 |
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yes and female genital mutalation was also exceptable among women until s0me outside the discriminatory practise stood and fought for those women? Sheesh.
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