#Saudi_Arabia sentences man to jail, #lashes for “defamation”
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/saudi-arabia-sentences-man-jail-lashes-defamation
A Saudi court has sentenced a man convicted of defaming a Kuwaiti singer by accusing her on #Twitter of adultery to three months in jail and 80 lashes, a news website reported Thursday. The Saudi national, apparently a fan of a rival pop star, was sentenced for “accusing (Kuwaiti singer) Shams of adultery without providing proof,” the Saudi Sabq news website cited the verdict as saying. The ruling is based on Saudi Arabia’s medieval justice system which stipulates #flogging for those who accuse others of having extra-marital sex without giving proof. read more