Plight of women

I can't question the law of saudi government because i am not a citizen of that country. also you have not mentioned if saudi people opposed to such an act by their government. first of all, the raped victim should have taken the issue either to the police or to the court. if police is not taking any action, and if their country's court can't help her then she can ask help from government and/or from human rights commission. instead of taking these actions, if she talk to media directly, then her motive is questionable.

I also read the story and I also read reporters comments on it where he says countries like UK and USA can not protest including India in lod voice as Saudi is the largest exporter of oil so they can actually do whatever they want to with their women. I think unles the women decide to change their fate nothing can be accomplished by meagre muffled protests.

It is very very bad. I can't say the laws in our country are very much justified, but it is also not this much grave. It is a shame on human race. the women was raped and now she is imprisoned for 6 months, in those countries the law and all is very shameful.

I read about that the other day it's just unimaginable that women are treated like that. I'm glad this girl was brave enough to stand up and say that this is not fair and let the world know what's going on. She is very brave and she may be an inspiration to other women to stand up and fight.

Wow. That's really unfair. I mean, she was the one who was raped and yet she was still punished?! Poor woman. I hope they release her. Only the rapists should be punished. And I think 2 to 9 years would not be enough. Rape is such a nasty violation of human rights.

this is the first time i heard the things like this, how it can be,i dont think it's something about the law justice, i think there should be some subjective problems in it,like the hunman relationship factors involved,or maybe in the real situation, there must be some mistakes in the one who was reaped.if this is not equally judged by the law, that's misery side of this society.

Oh, do not feel pitty for this people...I've rode a bus one time and the sitting next to me is a female a working woman...and she keeps on hiding her cell phone on her bag and then after a minute she will get it out...and what do you know her arms are touching my hips and really she's not ashame to do that...I think most women are like that they work to look for s3x on the street...

I sure hope there was a protest! I suppose many women had to walk to the protest, though, in order to avoid being in the car of unrelated men. Officials in most countries do things to try to discourage women from reporting crimes, but for that to happen in this day and age is very tragic.

Hi sandeep_t! I heard so amny stories about women being raped there, some were unfairly deported and the culprits are still in their country grinning with the experience they had. I just hope that someday the evil things they did to these women will come back to them a thousand fold. I hope that woman will recover somehow and things will somehow be better for her. I know there will be a lot of us women who will be praying for her. Take care and have a nice day. :)

Where is the justice? Where is the common sense? Shame will drive people to do all sorts of things. We can make a difference one person at a time. Love and tolerance is the key; if we could only put ourselves in the other person's place, maybe we would make different choices. People are the same, yet they differ as much as there are sands upon the shore...one person at a time is the beginning of change. Let us begin the process of chain as individuals.

dear s...that is so tragic, i will pray that she can recover not only from her violent rape, but also what her government did to her. may women all over this world, unite and take back our lives from the hands of dishonest men and corrupt governments...may God protect all woman, and keep them in His loving Hands. please take care all women that can read this, you are the vulnerable ones of society, you and your children...stanzi

I can see thats its unfair and also dumb. But they gave her the punishment because: - she was in the car of an "unrelated" man. (and women have got very strict rules in Saudi) - we don't know who that was. so maybe this led to her being raped. But still, I don't think she should have been lashed and imprisoned. It adds to her pain(at the heart).

i have heard about many unfair things,but this kind of unfair thing i never heard about.she is a victim,what should we do is to protect her,take care of her,not punish her.to be raped is a harm to her body and soul.how can they do that to her,where is the law???

That is so weird. Why would they punish the victim? I think they should only punish the rapists and not the girl. So what if she went to the media to report? It is because she wanted justice, not punishment! There are a lot of times when the media could help out and that is why she went there. I think they should reconsider the judgment and release her. It is just too unjust to punish the victim and I know she is in too much pain.

This activity is a black spot of any Nation. It should immediate stop and we should coperate to delete tis word from dictionary.

This is disgusting!!! Laws in those friggin countries need to change. It's no wonder why we end up with illegal immigrants.