Saudi judge: It’s OK to slap spendthrift wives — Judge Hamad Al-Razine made the remark “during a seminar on domestic violence” — Al-Razine “also pointed…

Saudi Arabia: Fifty-year-old Saudi divorces child bride — “A 50-year-old Saudi man has agreed to divorce his nine-year-old bride, after the marriage drew international criticism.”…

(Saudi Arabia) Beaten woman to pay abusive husband for Sharia court divorce “Noor is the youngest of eleven siblings. She got married to a Yemeni…

(Saudi Arabia) Shariah court approves SMS divorce — “A Shariah court here has approved the divorce of a young Saudi woman in her 20s whose…

Saudi Arabia: Woman arrested for being seen with an unrelated man in shopping mall

March 23, 2009: Saudis awaiting change from religious police — “Visitors to a women’s job training center heard terrified screams — and rushed to see…

(Saudi Arabia) Saudi court sentences 75-year-old woman to 40 lashes for “mingling” with unrelated men http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/09/saudi.arabia.lashes/index.html?eref=edition http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1157412&srvc=rss — What the Saudi Gazette reports on International…

February 11, 2009: Saudi judge sentences pregnant gang-rape victim to 100 lashes for committing “adultery” — Saudi Gazette reports this as “forced sexual intercourse,” instead…