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Saudi Arabia sentences mother to 100 lashes for birth outside marriage
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Beirut: A Saudi court has sentenced a domestic worker from Kenya to 100 lashes for giving birth outside marriage.The ruling, issued last month, shows the limits of a decade of social and legal reforms in a kingdom where women can be jailed and punished for “illegal pregnancy.” The sentence is a harsh turn in what has been a terrifying ordeal for a mother who has tried for more than a year to return to Kenya with her child but has been blocked at every turn.The mother, Esther Wanja Muthoni, is on
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