I read this story when it first came out, but yesterday there was a development (Thanks to Lilith for pointing that out to me). "Human Rights Watch has called on Saudi judges to overturn a decision to drop charges against a Saudi couple accused of severely abusing an Indonesian maid. A judge in Riyadh awarded $670 damages to the maid, Nour Miyati, but dropped all charges against her employers. The female employer, who admitted the abuse and was originally sentenced to 35 lashes, had her sentence overturned. This is disgusting: the victim gets nothing and the criminal walks free 'despite compelling evidence'. Sounds like the British (and most other countries, for that matter) approach to rape cases . I'm appalled. (Photo from the above BBC article showing Nour Miyati, who had several toes and fingers amputated as a result of torture at the hands of her employers.)
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