Poor girl

Today I was just reading the Straits Time like I usually do and came across this article about rape victim in Saudi Arabia.

It is so disheartening even to blog about this.

The girl was being kidnapped and was subsequently raped when she was meeting an acquaintance to get some stuff. Guess what happened after that? (Besides the fact that those disgusting rapist got their just desserts and was jailed)

She was jailed and caned 100 times for being with a male stranger. On top of that, when she had leniency for her sentence, it wrote that people thought she does not deserve it and her sentence was too light. To make things worst, she did not get any TLC (tender loving care) from her family without being dead.

In my perspective, it absolutely absurd!! It's more than that, it makes my blood boil just to think of it.
Where did the humanity and education go to?! Down the toilet bowl ?!

Even if sympathy or empathy is not given, one does not have to rejoice over someone's suffering. Many people whom were rape victims never got out of the dark shadow casted in their lives, some even killed themselves because they cannot stop to self-blame for what has happened.

I do not know and understand what are the moral values of people in Saudi, neither am I am racist or female chauvinist or anything but I really think it's high time they consider their treatment and support for rape cases. Even George Bush said that they should give more support for rape victims in the article.

I am so glad that here in SG, our education has thought us well and rape victims get support and are not despised by their loved ones or peers. To ice the cake, Women are protected by the Women's Charter and are treated equally so to speak.