In a case that sparked worldwide outrage, an 18-year-old Saudi woman was assaulted by seven men, and sentenced to 90 lashes for being alone with a man unrelated to her, a violation of strict Islamic law that apparently prompted the attack. The sentence was hiked to 200 lashings and six months in jail after her attorney appealed the sentence.http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorWed, 03 Dec 2008 22:39:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/14457/companion-in-saudi-rape-case-pardoned.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe companion to the Saudi rape victim who was convicted of a crime for being alone with him, and then pardoned after an international uproar, has himself been pardoned, CNN reports. Saudi Arabia's minister of justice confirmed this—and by implication revealed that the man, kidnapped along with the woman by the seven men who raped her, also suffered at the men's hands, and also faced charges—in a call to Saudi TV.http://www.newser.com/story/14457/companion-in-saudi-rape-case-pardoned.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 19 Dec 2007 12:54:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/14276/king-abdullah-pardons-saudi-rape-victim.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA young Saudi gang rape victim whose case sparked worldwide condemnation when she was sentenced to a lashing and jail time for violating Islamic law has been pardoned, Al Jazeera reports. King Abdullah pardoned the woman in the "interests of the people" and out of compassion for the victim, though he is still "convinced and sure that the verdicts were fair," an official said.http://www.newser.com/story/14276/king-abdullah-pardons-saudi-rape-victim.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 19 Dec 2007 12:54:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/12775/saudi-court-to-review-rape-victim-sentence.html?refid=rss_all_defaultCourts will take another look at the sentence of a gang-rape victim, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said yesterday, following an international outcry when the 19-year-old was handed a six-month prison term and 200 lashes. “What is outraging about this case is that it is being used against the Saudi government and people,” said Prince Saud al-Faisal.http://www.newser.com/story/12775/saudi-court-to-review-rape-victim-sentence.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 19 Dec 2007 12:54:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/12509/saudi-rulers-rape-victim-caused-crime.html?refid=rss_all_defaultUnder international fire for sentencing a gang-rape victim to 200 lashes, the Saudi government yesterday said the woman violated Islamic law and caused the crime to take place by having an "illegitimate relationship" with a man not her husband. The rapists allegedly found the woman "in a compromising situation" with a man on a beach, CNN reports.http://www.newser.com/story/12509/saudi-rulers-rape-victim-caused-crime.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 19 Dec 2007 12:54:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/12267/saudis-defend-rape-victims-sentence.html?refid=rss_all_defaultResponding to international outrage, Saudi Arabia's Justice Ministry is defending the punishment meted out to an 18-year old rape victim, and then doubled when she appealed. The ministry says her sentence was increased—to 200 lashes and 6 months in prison—not because she took her case to the media but because new evidence was uncovered. They didn't disclose the new evidence, but her attorney told CNN that his client was abducted after meeting with a man he believes was trying to blackmail her.http://www.newser.com/story/12267/saudis-defend-rape-victims-sentence.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 19 Dec 2007 12:54:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/12215/saudi-rape-victim-crushed-human-being-husband-says.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe husband of the Saudi gang-rape victim sentenced to 200 lashes and 6 months in jail blamed one judge's vendetta—and not the Saudi judicial system itself—for her treatment "as a guilty person who committed a crime." He told CNN his wife has been a severely depressed, ill, "crushed human being" since the attack in 2006, when they were engaged. She's given up her education, and is too fragile to speak publicly.http://www.newser.com/story/12215/saudi-rape-victim-crushed-human-being-husband-says.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 19 Dec 2007 12:54:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/11892/saudi-rape-victim-gets-jail-for-appealing.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA Saudi woman who was gang-raped by 14 men has been sentenced to 200 lashes and 6 months in prison, the BBC reports. Her original crime was being in the car with a man unrelated to her, but her punishment was doubled and prison time added when she appealed the original sentence. Judges said she tried to use the media to influence them; her lawyer says the sentence violates both Sharia law and international conventions.http://www.newser.com/story/11892/saudi-rape-victim-gets-jail-for-appealing.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 19 Dec 2007 12:54:27 CST