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The 19-year-old no longer faces lashes and jail time.
  • re: By all means, celebrate the pardon, but this won't be the last time a Saudi rape victim is sentenced to punishment for provoking her attackers.

    Celebrate? If the King had decreed that rape victims aren't criminals - and that this kind of outrage was forever banned, then there'd be a reason to celebrate. To find joy in the dodging of a bullet is short-sighted, indeed. it's great for the rape victim - it does NOTHING for every other Saudi woman or Muslim woman living under THAT kind of society...