Saudi girl, 13, sentenced to 90 lashes

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صحيفة: فتاة سعودية تتعرض للجلد والسجن لاعتدائها على مديرة مدرسة

الرياض (رويترز) - ذكرت صحيفة يوم الاربعاء ان محكمة سعودية حكمت على فتاة مراهقة بالجلد 90 جلدة وبالسجن لشهرين بعدما ضربت مديرة المدرسة بكوب زجاجي على رأسها.

وقالت صحيفة الوطن ان الواقعة حدثت العام الماضي في مدينة الجبيل بشرق المملكة بعدما صادرت المديرة الهاتف المحمول للفتاة لانه مزود بكاميرا وهو من الأمور المحظورة في المدارس في السعودية.

واضافت الصحيفة ان المديرة طلبت من المحكمة ان تأمر بتنفيذ الجلد داخل المدرسة وقالت للصحيفة في اتصال هاتفي "اخترت تنفيذ حكم الجلد داخل المدرسة لان الهدف منه التأديب وليس التشهير بالطالبة".

ولم تذكر الصحيفة عمر الفتاة.

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الجلد والسجن شهرين لطالبة اعتدت على مديرة مدرستها

الجبيل / حكمت محكمة في الجبيل على فتاة بالجلد 90 جلدة وبالسجن لشهرين بعدما ضربت مديرة المدرسة بكوب زجاجي على رأسها.

وحدثت الواقعة كما جاء في صحيفة الوطن السعودية في عددها الصادر أمس الأربعاء "إن الواقعة حدثت في العام الماضي، في مدينة الجبيل بشرق المملكة السعودية بعدما صادرت المديرة الهاتف المحمول للفتاة لأنه مزود بكاميرا، وهو من الأمور المحظورة في المدارس السعودية.

وأضافت الصحيفة أن مديرة المدرسة طلبت من المحكمة أن تأمر بتنفيذ الجلد داخل المدرسة، وقالت المديرة للصحيفة في اتصال هاتفي: "اخترت تنفيذ حكم الجلد داخل المدرسة لأن الهدف منه التأديب وليس التشهير بالطالبة".

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Saudi girl, 13, sentenced to 90 lashes after she took a mobile phone to school

January 21, 2010 -- A 13-year-old Saudi schoolgirl is to be given 90 lashes in front of her classmates after she was caught with a mobile camera phone. The girl, who has not been named, was also sentenced to two months in jail by a court in the eastern city of Jubail. She had assaulted her headmistress after being caught with the gadget which is banned in girl schools, said Al-Watan, a Saudi newspaper. The kingdom's use of such punishments has been widely condemned by human rights organisations. Three years ago 16 schoolchildren, aged between 12 and 18, were each sentenced to between 300 and 500 lashes for being aggressive to a teacher. Under Saudi's Sharia or Islamic law, flogging is mandatory for a number of moral offences such as adultery or being alone in the company of an unrelated person of the opposite sex. But it can also be used at the discretion of judges as an alternative or in addition to other punishments. Al-Watan said a court in the northeastern Gulf port of Jubail had sentenced the girl to 90 lashes inside her school, followed by two months' detention. The punishment is harsher than that dished out to some robbers and looters.

Saudi Arabia, a leading U.S. ally in the Middle East, is an absolute monarchy controlled by the Al-Saud ruling tribe, and lacks any legal code. King Abdullah has promoted some social reforms since taking the throne in 2005 but diplomats say he is held back by religious clerics and princes. Cinemas and music concerts are banned, while many restaurants and even some shopping centres cater to families only, especially on holidays. Religious police roam streets to make sure no unrelated men and women mix. The Saudi court system is exclusively controlled by Wahahbi/Salafi clerics, and bans the employment of non-Salafi citizens, especially as judges. Saudi Arabia is the world's leading country in the use of torture-by-flogging, public beheadings and publically crucifying condemned prisoners. The country crucified two people in 2009, including one in the capital Riyadh during President Barak Obama’s visit last April. In September, 20 Saudi teenagers who ransacked shops and restaurants were publicly flogged. Newspapers reported that the teenagers received at least 30 lashes each in a public square. Most of the hijackers in the September 11 attacks in 2001 came from Saudi Arabia.

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Saudi schoolgirl sentenced to 90 lashes after assaulting headmistress

January 23, 2010 (CNN) -- A schoolgirl in Saudi Arabia was sentenced to 90 lashes and two months in prison for assaulting her headmistress after a confrontation over a cell phone, sparking an outcry from a government-sponsored rights group. Saudi Arabia's National Society for Human Rights said it is surprised by the verdict and called for the punishment be reconsidered, according to statement by the group. The verdict was handed down by a court in the eastern province city of Jubail as a punishment for the 13-year-old who allegedly assaulted her headmistress. Saudi daily newspaper, Al-Watan, which first reported the sentence, said the girl struck the headmistress on the head with a glass after a confrontation over the confiscation of the girl's camera-equipped cell phone. Dr. Saleh Al-Khaslan, a spokesman for the rights group, said the penalty was too severe. "The court should have looked for an alternative sentence," he said, adding that the rights group is calling on an appeals court in Jubail to hear the case again. Al-Watan did not provide the name of the school, its headmistress or the girl. Efforts to reach the Saudi Ministry of Justice were unsuccessful.

Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islam called Wahhabism, and lashings are a common form of punishment. In October 2009, a court sentenced a man to five years in prison and 1,000 lashes after he bragged about his sex life on television. In March of the same year, a Saudi court sentenced a 75-year-old Syrian woman to 40 lashes, four months imprisonment and deportation from the kingdom for having two unrelated men in her house. In 2007, a 19-year-old gang-rape victim in the Saudi city of Qatif was sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in prison for meeting with an unrelated male. The seven attackers, who abducted the man and woman, got sentences ranging from 10 months to five years in prison. The case sparked international outrage, prompting Saudi's King Abdullah to pardon the girl and the unrelated male.

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