UAE: Court Sentences Teenage Gang Rape Victim to 1 Year in Prison.The UAE court convicted her because she agreed to be alone in the car with a man. the teenage girl had previously alleged that she was gang raped by six men. the crime of “extramarital sex,” which could have led to a penalty of lashes and a maximum sentence of life in prison
…The other men were only given fines.
According to The Nation that fines represented an application of Sharia law only, whereas the other convictions were a combination of UAE law and Sharia law together.
Human Rights Watch’s Middle East North Africa researcher Nadya Khalife told the Los Angeles Times that The major legal ramification for women who have been raped is that they will most likely be charged with illegal sex or sex outside marriage. Illicit sex carries a harsh sentence of imprisonment and/or flogging….
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Court Sentences Teenage Gang Rape Victim to 1 Year in Prison
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