Saudi Arabia: Flogging / Legal concern

Index Number: MDE 23/013/2007
Date Published: 16 March 2007
Categories: Middle East And North Africa, Saudi Arabia

A 19-year-old woman, known only as "The Girl from al-Qatif", and at least five men, are at risk of imminent flogging. Amnesty International believes that the use of corporal punishment constitutes cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment.