Rape victim’s case to be reviewed
A Saudi court will review the case of a gang rape victim sentenced to jail and flogging for violating the country’s strict sex segregation laws, the foreign minister said.
The remarks by Prince Saud al Faisal, made in the United States and carried by the official Saudi Press Agency, were the latest in response to international condemnation of Saudi judicial authorities’ handling of the case.
It was also a sharp turn from a statement Saturday in which the Saudi Justice Ministry condemned the 19-year-old woman -- raped by seven men and then sentenced to six months in prison and 200 lashes -- as an adulteress who had allegedly confessed to cheating on her husband.
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