A Saudi woman shows the result of a State-sanctioned lashing she received for the crime of being raped.
Two Steps Back: Saudi Woman Sentenced to 10 Lashes for Driving
Just days after King Abdullah granted Saudi women the right to vote and run in municipal elections scheduled for 2015, a court convicted a woman of driving without permission and sentenced her to lashing. It is the harshest sentence yet and a stark reminder that despite real gains, the Kingdom's rigid social order endures.
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