Saudi schoolgirl to get 90 lashes for carrying cell phone
By IANSFriday, January 22, 2010
DUBAI - A 13-year-old schoolgirl in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 90 lashes and two months in prison for carrying to her classroom a mobile phone equipped with a camera.
The girl, who has not been named, was sentenced to 90 lashes in front of her classmates followed by two months in detention.
A Saudi court pronounced the judgement after she was caught with a cell phone equipped with a camera. The gadget is banned in girls’ schools in the country, Press TV reported Thursday.
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