UAE: Flogging

Index AI : MDE 25/006/2005
Date de publication : 10 octobre 2005
Catégorie(s) : Moyen-Orient et Afrique du Nord, Émirats arabes unis

A female domestic worker has reportedly been sentenced to 150 lashes for becoming pregnant outside marriage, by a Shari'a (Islamic) court in the Emirate of Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah.