An overseas Filipina worker (OFW) received 100 lashes in Saudi Arabia because she had a child with a man who was not her husband.
In an interview aired on 24 Oras on Monday, the 29-year old woman said she was lashed 100 times on the back after being convicted of immorality under the Sharia or Islamic law... [under which] women who get pregnant out of wedlock face imprisonment or a penalty of lashes to be determined by courts
...The Filipina worker said she had to go through the pregnancy alone as she was immediately abandoned by the man who got her pregnant when he discovered she was with child.
It was only after she gave birth that authorities discovered she was unmarried.
“Nanganak po ako sa ospital na pinagtatrabahuhan ko, Nalaman po nila na wala akong asawa. Pagkatapos noon, ni-report nila ako sa pulis,” she said.
The Filipina worker said she was sentenced to one-year imprisonment but received lashes instead as a result of being pardoned.
In 2010, another Filipina worker was sentenced to receive 100 lashes after becoming pregnant as a result of rape.
Texas state legislator Wendy Davis could not be reached for comment at press time. Although since the events in question did not relate to fourth-trimester abortions, I guess I'm not surprised.
2 comments:
No surprise here - these people are back 2,000 years ago in their thinking
Not the most fluid translation, but Google-Translate gave me this: "I am bare hospital where I learned that I am not married. After that, nor give me the police report"
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