Saudi Reporter Evades a Whippping, Ikhwani Judge Gets Royal Order………
"Saudi king waives lashing for journalist. King Abdullah orders transfer of Yami's case from ministry of justice to ministry of information. The Saudi king has waived the lashing a court ordered against a journalist for working at a Lebanese television channel that aired a sexual confessions programme, an official said on Monday. "He (King Abdullah) has asked the ministry of justice to drop the lashing" against journalist Rozana al-Yami, information ministry spokesman said.
"Hazaa said that the king has ordered the "transfer of the cases to the ministry of information," referring to Yami's case and that of another journalist, reportedly named Iman Rajab, who was convicted of working for the same controversial programme which caused a stir in the conservative kingdom. Yami, 22, said on Saturday she was sentenced to 60 lashes by a court in the Red Sea city of Jeddah for having worked part-time in Saudi Arabia for the Saudi-owned Lebanese network LBC…....…”
Good for her: no 60 lashes, her bones will not be exposed after her skin and flesh is cut up by the whip. Good for the judge to obey the king’s orders. It looks like the only barrier between Saudi citizens and the wild extremist judges, descendants of the wild Ikhwan, is the king. Until the system of justice is overhauled.
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