7 Saudi Arabian WTFs?

King Abdullah can stop the madness but probably wont.

1. Saudi judge sentences pregnant gang-rape victim to 100 lashes for committing adultery.
2. Saudi Arabia is one of a number of countries where courts continue to impose corporal punishment, including amputations of hands and feet for robbery, and lashings for lesser crimes such as “sexual deviance” and drunkenness. The number of lashes is not clearly prescribed by law and is varied according to the discretion of judges, and ranges from dozens of lashes to several thousand, usually applied over a period of weeks or months.
3. In 1997, Human Rights Watch examined the case of Abd al-Karim Mara’i al-Naqshabandi, who was executed after being convicted of practicing witchcraft against his employer. The organization concluded that the Saudi legal system “fails to provide minimum due process guarantees and offers myriad opportunities for well-connected individuals to manipulate the system to their advantage.
4. The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice and the Public Prosecution in Makkah are investigating the case of an Indonesian AIDS victim who was raped by 46 men, including one police officer, around a month ago.
5. Saudi Arabia is one of the few countries in the 2008 Olympics without a female delegation. Women’s sports are, in principle, banned; although some teams do exist.
6. In 1962, Saudi Arabia outlawed slavery, freeing about 10,000 slaves out of an estimated 15,000-30,000.
7. Freedom of speech and the press are restricted to forbid criticism of the government or endorsement of “un-Islamic” values. Trade unions and political organizations are banned. Public demonstrations are forbidden. The Saudi Government is an active censor of Internet reception within its borders.

UPDATES:

1. Jordanian beats daughter to death for wearing makeup in ‘honour’ killing