HRES 857
110th Congress
House
International Affairs
Administration of justice
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crimes against women
Human rights
Law
Middle East and North Africa
Punishment
Rape
Saudi Arabia
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Victims of crimes
Women
Women's rights
Calling on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to take immediate actions to drop all charges against the Saudi rape victim known as the "Qatif Girl".
Introduced: December 11, 2007
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Dec 11, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Dec 11, 2007
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Condemns the Saudi judiciary for convicting the "Qatif Girl" on the charge of being alone in a car with a man she is not related to, as well as for the inhumane punishment to which she was sentenced.
Calls on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to: (1) overturn the conviction and to drop all charges against the Saudi rape victim known as the "Qatif Girl" and (2) abolish such law as well as other laws that compromise women's freedom, dignity, and equality.
Expresses sympathy for the "Qatif Girl."
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
1