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Kenyan Mum Sentenced To 100 Lashes In Saudi Arabia For Having A Baby
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A Kenyan domestic worker in Riyadh has been ordered to receive 100 lashes after a Saudi court convicted her of sex outside marriage, following the birth of her son. Esther Wanja Muthoni, 40, was also handed a year's banishment and had no lawyer at trial. Rights groups condemned the punishment as violence, noting the child's father was never pursued and she remains stuck abroad today.
Reported by The Guardian · How we write briefs