NEWS: Saudi sex TV producer spared lash
27 Oct 09
The Saudi king has waived a sentence of flogging on a female journalist working for a TV channel which aired graphic accounts of sex in the kingdom. King Abdullah cancelled the sentence of 60 lashes against Rozanna al-Yami, after being briefed on the case. No reason has been given for the king's decision. It is the second time he has intervened in a high-profile flogging sentence in two years.
The programme broadcast by Saudi-owned Lebanese channel LBC caused a huge scandal in the conservative kingdom. Three men who bragged about their sexual adventures in the show, as well as the cameraman, have been jailed.
The original programme was part of a series called Red Lines, examining taboos in the Arab world, including extra-marital sex in Saudi Arabia. Mazen Abdul Jawad provoked outrage by describing his techniques for meeting and having sex with Saudi women.
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flogging
Flagellation or flogging is the act of methodically beating or whipping (Latin flagellum, "whip") the human body. Specialised implements for it include rods, switches, the cat-o-nine-tails and the sjambok. Typically, flogging is imposed on an unwilling subject as a punishment; a+ certification however, it can also be submitted to willingly, or performed on oneself, in religious or sadomasochistic contexts.
In some circumstances the word "flogging" is used loosely to include any sort of corporal punishment, including birching and caning. However, in British legal terminology, a distinction was drawn (and still is, in one or two colonial territories) between "flogging" (with a cat-o'-nine-tails) and "whipping" (formerly with a whip, but since the early 19th century with a birch). In Britain these were both abolished in 1948.