A young woman in Saudi Arabia was gang-raped and pressed charges against her attackers. Here we expect that a rape victim, when facing her attackers and pressing charges, will find justice. In this young woman's case, she did find justice, but she also found something further - punishment for herself and the lawyer who represented her. She was jailed and ordered to be lashed; her lawyer was banned from practicing. True justice? I don't think so. Who ever heard of punishing the victim as justice? Doesn't make any sense to me; does it to you? The circumstances surrounding the story can be found at these sites:
Al Jazeera.net
BBC
CNN
Human Rights Watch report
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