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Saudi Arabia to end flogging as form of punishment - document

 

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RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is ending flogging as a form of punishment, according to a document from the kingdom's top court seen by Reuters on Friday.

 

The decision by the General Commission for the Supreme Court, taken sometime this month, will see the punishment replaced by prison sentences or fines, or a mixture of both.

 

"The decision is an extension of the human rights reforms introduced under the direction of King Salman and the direct supervision of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman," the document said.

 

Flogging has been applied to punish a variety of crimes in Saudi Arabia. Without a codified system of law to go with the texts making up sharia, or Islamic law, individual judges have the latitude to interpret religious texts and come up with their own sentences.

 

Rights groups have documented past cases in which Saudi judges have sentenced criminals to flogging for a range of offences, including public intoxication and harassment.

 

"This reform is a momentous step forward in Saudi Arabia's human rights agenda, and merely one of many recent reforms in the Kingdom," the president of the state-backed Human Rights Commission (HRC) Awwad Alawwad told Reuters.

 

Other forms of corporal punishment, such as amputation for theft or beheading for murder and terrorism offences, have not yet been outlawed.

 

"This is a welcome change but it should have happened years ago," said Adam Coogle, Deputy Director of the Middle East and North Africa Division at Human Rights Watch. "There's nothing now standing in the way of Saudi Arabia reforming its unfair judicial system."

 

(Reporting by Marwa Rashad and Raya Jalabi; Writing by Raya Jalabi; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Alex Richardson)

 

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57 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Saudi Arabia is ending flogging

So, what's next to end, stoneings or beheadings?

 

 

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1 hour ago, rudi49jr said:

How about ending chopping people’s heads off in public executions?

Now they can't seem to be coming to lenient.

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1 hour ago, rudi49jr said:

How about ending chopping people’s heads off in public executions?

Then they would have to redesign their flag...

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3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

"The decision is an extension of the human rights reforms introduced under the direction of King Salman and the direct supervision of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman,"

At the speed these morons go, they will be allowed to talk about Human Rights in 500 years ... maybe even more.

 

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3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Other forms of corporal punishment, such as amputation for theft or beheading for murder and terrorism offences, have not yet been outlawed.

 

Glad to see they're maintaining some semblance of their local common sense... It wouldn't be Saudi Arabia unless they kept their local (barbaric) customs!  :ph34r:

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4 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Other forms of corporal punishment, such as amputation for theft or beheading for murder and terrorism offences, have not yet been outlawed.

so do floggers become re-trained and start swinging the sword  

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"The decision is an extension of the human rights reforms introduced under the direction of King Salman and the direct supervision of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman," the document said.

 

What can one even say? If it were not for their oil, they would just be a backwater, that nobody thought of. They would have no influence, and would still be medieval. Wahhabism is one of the darkest sects of Islam, and the Saudis continue to be a menace to the civilized world. MBS is a serial killing thug, and he is embraced by guys like Trump, because the lobbyists forbid him to behave any differently. 

 

The planet is rejoicing over the fall of big oil, and though some jobs are lost, it is a drop into the proverbial Covid-19 bucket. Watching the Saudis and the Russians squirm, is nearly a sport. Big, big fun to be had by all. 

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When will these tin pot autocracies stop living in medieval times?  Be awesome when eventually oil becomes less relevant and these despot rat holes in the Middle East are consigned to the irrelevance they deserve.   Seems a more likely long term scenario thanever getting rational thinking leadership.

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20 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Saudi Arabia to end flogging as form of punishment

 

20 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Other forms of corporal punishment, such as amputation for theft or beheading for murder and terrorism offences, have not yet been outlawed.

Why? What's wrong with a good flogging if they Deserve it? 

Must keep the Other forms of corporal punishment ,amputation for theft or beheading for murder and terrorism offences. If not  Jail time does Nothing ,but amputation stays with one the rest of one's Life.

Beheading is Fine ,No different than the Chair /Needle. One's your Dead your Dead and Stay Dead 

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