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Tuesday 21 April 2009 (25 Rabi` al-Thani 1430)

Hearts made of stone

Judge Khalifa Al-Tamimi of the General Court in the city of Onaizah in the central province of Qassim recently allowed two young Saudi women to marry — one a Saudi man and the other a foreigner. He... Full Story


Lashing as a discretionary punishment

I have written several times about lashing as a discretionary punishment; my hope has been that the courts would review this kind of ruling. Some sentences of lashings have distorted the image of our... Full Story


The Shoura Council and housemaids

THE new Shoura Council began its first session by discussing the 23 articles of a draft bill governing the duties of housemaids. It spent a lot of time deliberating Article 8, which says the housemaid... Full Story




6,000 HIV carriers in Jeddah alone

RIYADH: During his daylong visit to the Kingdom on Sunday, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner visited the governmental Human Rights Commission (HRC). Bandar Al-Aiban, the head of the HRC,... Full Story