Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
10%
2 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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65/100
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Crime & Law
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A Kenyan mother in Saudi Arabia has reportedly been sentenced to 100 lashes after giving birth outside marriage.
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mother → sentence → marriage
But it is women who are disproportionately targeted, say rights groups, which have condemned the punishment as an “act of violence”.
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which → target → violence
Although many unmarried women give birth in Saudi Arabia, rights groups say the Kenyan mother’s case only came to light because she had been taken to a hospital, which are required to report single women giving birth to the authorities.
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which → give → authorities
“Most of them give birth at home, that’s why they aren’t reported,” said Ekaterina Porras Sivolobova, founder of Do Bold, a non-profit organisation advocating for migrant workers’ rights in the Gulf.
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Sivolobova → give → Gulf
The Kenyan mother, Esther Wanja Muthoni, was a domestic worker recruited to work as housekeeper and nanny in Saudi Arabia.
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mother → recruit → Arabia
She reportedly became pregnant during a brief relationship with an Egyptian man and said that the child’s father had since left the country.
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father → become → country
A 2024 Guardian investigation found a number of Kenyan single mothers were abandoned by their children’s fathers out of fear of being arrested for having extramarital sex.
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number → find → sex
After the ruling, which was issued last month, Muthoni told the New York Times she was afraid about not being able to endure the lashes and said: “I don’t deserve this.”
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I → issue → this
The case comes as a planned visit to Saudi Arabia by Reem Alsalem, the UN special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, was postponed last week.
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visit → come → women
Alsalem said she had intended to “raise the situation of specific cases during the visit.
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she → say → visit
If the visit does not take place soon, I will do so separately through the established channels that we have as mandate holders.”
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we → take → holders
Maryam Aldossari, acting director at the UK-based rights organisation ALQST (al-qist means “justice” in Arabic), said the ruling was an act of violence and the woman should have been sent back to Kenya and not punished.
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woman → base → Kenya
“It just shows the hypocrisy behind so-called Saudi reform.
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It → show → reform
We know MBS [Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince] has been trying to show the world that Saudi is becoming a modern country that empowers women, yet we see the court sentence a mother to 100 lashes,” said Aldossari.
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Aldossari → know → lashes
In April 2020, Saudi announced a reform to end flogging as a judicial punishment.
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Saudi → announce → punishment
However, it only applied to ta’zir offences, where judges have discretion over punishments.
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judges → apply → punishments
Although most flogging sentences fell into this category, flogging remained a possible punishment for certain hudud (fixed punishments under Islamic law) offences, such as alcohol consumption and adultery, ALQST said in a report in 2021.
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ALQST → fall → 2021
Sivolobova said it had been difficult to help in cases involving Kenyan mothers compared with those from other countries.
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it → say → countries
“I haven’t been able to get help from the Kenyan authorities to support these women,” she said.
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she → get → women
The Saudi government was approached for comment.
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government → approach → comment
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