Student jailed for sex in car park |
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By Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief |
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Manama: A Bahraini university student who challenged a judge about the
right to have sex with her boyfriend in a car park was sentenced to three
months in jail. "What my friend and I were doing is part of our individual freedom.
This is a democratic and free country," the student, who is above the age
of 21, told the judge sentencing her. Police said they found the girl and
her boyfriend in "an intimate position" in a car park. "We are free and we have the right to do what we were doing, especially
since he had promised to marry me," the girl said in her defence. But the
judge was not impressed. "This is an Islamic country and we all have to
comply with the rules," he told her. "You should appreciate that our laws
are different from those in the West," he said. The judge also refused a plea by the girl's attorney not to sentence
her because of her age and status as a university
student. |
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