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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 09, 2023
Saudi Arabia to abolish flogging as a form of punishment

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Reuters
25 April, 2020, 11:05 am
Last modified: 26 April, 2020, 01:46 am

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Saudi Arabia to abolish flogging as a form of punishment

Flogging has been applied to punish a variety of crimes in Saudi Arabia

Reuters
25 April, 2020, 11:05 am
Last modified: 26 April, 2020, 01:46 am
Flag of Saudi Arabia. Picture: Collected
Flag of Saudi Arabia. Picture: Collected

Saudi Arabia is ending flogging as a form of punishment, according to a document from the kingdom's top court seen by Reuters on Friday.

The decision by the General Commission for the Supreme Court, taken sometime this month, will see the punishment replaced by prison sentences or fines, or a mixture of both.

"The decision is an extension of the human rights reforms introduced under the direction of King Salman and the direct supervision of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman," the document said.

Flogging has been applied to punish a variety of crimes in Saudi Arabia. Without a codified system of law to go with the texts making up sharia, or Islamic law, individual judges have the latitude to interpret religious texts and come up with their own sentences.

Rights groups have documented past cases in which Saudi judges have sentenced criminals to flogging for a range of offences, including public intoxication and harassment.

"This reform is a momentous step forward in Saudi Arabia's human rights agenda, and merely one of many recent reforms in the Kingdom," the president of the state-backed Human Rights Commission (HRC) Awwad Alawwad told Reuters.

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