Being raped, a ‘crime’ in Qatar


This video from the USA says about itself:

Woman Convicted Of Being Raped In Qatar

14 June 2016

A 22-year-old Dutch woman was raped while on vacation in Doha. She has been convicted of having sex outside of marriage. Ana Kasparian, Sam Shacher, Kenny Hamilton, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down.

“A court in Qatar has convicted a Dutch woman of having sex outside marriage after she told police she was raped.

The 22-year-old was handed a suspended sentence and fined $824 (£580). She will also be deported.

Her lawyer said her drink had been spiked at a Doha hotel in March and she had woken up in a stranger’s flat, where she realised she had been raped.

Her alleged attacker, who said the sex was consensual, was sentenced to 100 lashes for having sex outside marriage. He will be given a further 40 lashes for consuming alcohol.

The woman has been detained since making the allegation three months ago, but her case only came to light over the weekend when her family decided to go public.”

Read more here.

The woman’s name is Laura. Read more here and here.

USA: THE SCARY BACKSTORY ON POLICE DEPARTMENTS’ ‘UNFOUNDED’ RAPE CASES “Across the country, some police departments claim a vast number of rape reports are false. A BuzzFeed News investigation into a year of “unfounded” rapes in Baltimore County reveals that detectives often don’t investigate them at all — even when the man had been arrested for rape before.” [BuzzFeed]

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