woman sentenced to 70 Lashes for insulting Man on WhatsApp

A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a woman to 70 lashes and a fine of 20,000 Saudi Riyals (SR) for insulting a man on instant-messaging application WhatsApp.The court ruled the 32-year-old guilty of tarnishing the reputation of the plaintiff on WhatsApp.  

Sadly for her, Article Three of the Saudi Anti-Cyber Crime Law states that whoever defames or inflicts damage upon others through various information technology devices “shall be subject to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year and a fine not exceeding SR500,000 or to either punishment.”

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