Rape victim was sentenced to 90 lashes-CRUEL JUDGMENT!

dear readers,
this one of the merciless judgment i came across while working on this blog's update.
a victim is sentenced to 90 lashes after all those mental and physical torture she went thru.
i feel cruelty in this judgment!
the judge may reason out for his final decision based on law of his country but in my opinion his judgment was against humanity,it just added salt on her pain!

those bastard who committed the sexual crime was only given jail terms ranging from 10 months to five years??? so after the short term of prison,they can hang around freely again?
well is tat a judgment adequate for a rapist or can it be a reminder for others?
oh my god,am i questioning a country's fixed law and weight of a judgment....
obviously no- im just asking it as a human who is concerned about the fate of a raped&tortured victim.
im not including the details of the country where this incident took place to avoid provoking any legal issues later.


Gang-rape victim faces 90 lashes.

A woman who was kidnapped at knifepoint, gang-raped and then beaten by her brother has been sentenced to 90 lashes — for meeting a man who was not a relative.

In an interview with victim, the 19-year-old said she was blackmailed a year ago into meeting a man who threatened to tell her family they were having a relationship outside wedlock, which is illegal in the ultra-conservative desert kingdom.

After driving off together from a shopping mall near her home, the woman and the man were stopped and abducted by a gang of men wielding kitchen knives who took them to a farm where she was raped 14 times by her captors.

Five men were arrested for the rape and given jail terms ranging from 10 months to five years by a panel of judges.

But the judges also decided to sentence the woman, identified by the newspaper only as "G," and the man to lashes for being alone together in the car.

Unrelated men and women are forbidden from interacting,which strictly enforces Islamic Sharia law.

"G" said one of the judges told she was lucky not to have been given jail time. "I was shocked at the verdict. I couldn't believe my ears," said the woman, who has appealed against her sentence.

The woman also told the paper she tried to commit suicide because of her ordeal and was beaten by her younger brother because the rape had brought shame on their family.

"G", described as an activist by the paper, said she was outraged by the case. "By sentencing her to 90 lashes they are sending a message that she is guilty. No rape victim is guilty," she said.

There are severe legal restrictions on women in this particular country, including a strict dress code required outside the home and a ban on driving.