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maybemaybenot -> RE: Saudi judge considers 'paralysis punishment'... (8/20/2010 8:23:34 AM)
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I knew there would be little interest in this thread when I read it yesterday, PA.
Ya gotta love Sharia Law, don't you ? After all we here in the West need to be more understanding and tolerant of Middle Eastern Culture. I * suppose * one could make an arguement such as Anernin did if Sharia Law was applied universally in the countries which follow it, however, it is not applied equaly and not applied at all for crimes against non non Arabs.
It seems that Sharia Law is only for Arab on Arab crimes. An Arab who commits a crime, including murder, of a non Arab goes without punishment. And in many cases the victim gets not only the punishment, but the sent right back to the Arab who did the crime. Saudi Arabia has a closed door policy when it comes to allowing any Human Rights Groups into their country. Requests from 5 UN approved Human Rights Groups since 2005 remain unanswered.
Asian migrant workers who go to the Middle East are often raped, murders, maimed and beaten by their Arab " employers ".
The instances of this happening is alarmingly high. I have given a few links at the bottom of this post to ilustrate the problem. There are thousands more stories just like the ones I am giving here. There has not been one Arab sentenced to death for murdering an Asian worker. OF course, there have been plenty of Asian migrant workers sentenced to death for supposed crimes against an Arab.
Interestingly enough, The Saudi Government is concerned about the Asain migrant workers. Saudi, along with other Middle Eastern, countries have been slammed by groups like Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International to a small degree, AASG and others and more and more exposure is being given to the atrocities being commited there. Ohh not as you would expect. One would expect there to be a delving into the PROBLEMS these workers face, the alarming suicide rate amongst these workers, the alarming cases of abuse, rape and murder of these workers, right ?
Au Contrare ! The Saudi Government is looking into banning migrant workers from their country due to there lack of understanding of the culture. They have a " Let's blame the victim " approach. An intersting complicating factor in this is : 85-88% of domestic workers and about 35 % of the entire workforce of Saudi is migrant workers.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Rizana Nafeek, a 19-year old housemaid from Sri Lanka, is on death row because the baby in her care died while she was bottle-feeding him. If her appeal is turned down, she will be taken to a public square to be publicly beheaded.
Speaking of the housemaid's sentence, Kate Allen of Amnesty International called it "an absolute scandal that Saudi Arabia is preparing to behead a teenage girl who didn't even have a lawyer at her trial."
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289317,00.html
Rizana was 17 at the time of the alleged crime, however, her passport wa doctored up in Saudi to make it appear she was older.
"That is the sad and unfortunate reality for the thousands of women living as maids in the Middle East. Abusive employers receive NO punishment --- whereas a beaten, gangrenous, hospitalized maid --- who reports torture at the hands of her muslim employer - will get the Islamic Court ordered 79 lashes for her complaints along with a continued life of abuse or even death."
http://theopinionator.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/01/small-progress-for-rights-of-abused-middle-eastern-maids.html
http://www.migrant-rights.org/2009/08/28/asian-maid-tortured-to-death-in-saudi-arabia-by-her-sponsor/
http://www.business.maktoob.com/20090000459834/Kuwaiti_gets_7_yrs_for_killing_Asian_maid/Article.htm
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/World/Story/STIStory_325189.html
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