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U.N. Inaction on Saudi Arabia
All Actions of the UN Human Rights System Critical of Specific States, 2010
Earlier this month, a Saudi court sentenced a young man to four months in prison and 90 lashes for kissing a woman in a mall
(NY Daily News)
Saudi Arabia, June 23, 2010
Saudi convicts 15 men, women for mingling at party
Original source
RIYADH - Judicial officials say a Saudi court has convicted four women and 11 men for mingling at a party and sentenced them to flogging and prison terms.
The men, who are between 30 and 40 years old, and three of the women, who are under the age of 30, were sentenced to an unspecified number of lashes and one or two year prison terms each.
The fourth woman, a minor, was sentenced to 80 lashes and was not sent to prison.
The ruling was handed down on Tuesday at a court in the northern town of Ha'il.
The officials say the police saw the group partying until dawn last month. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to the media.
Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islam that prohibits unrelated men and women from mingling.
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