April 18, 2005
New Saudi law to jail, lash cellphone porn users
'Anyone using camera phones to distribute pornography may face up to 1000 lashes, a 12-year jail term and a 100,000 riyal fine under a proposed Saudi law, newspapers reported on Saturday.
The proposed law comes after a Saudi court in January sentenced three men to jail and up to 1,200 lashes each for orchestrating and filming the rape of a teenage girl using telephones equipped with cameras and distributing the footage via the telephones.
The conservative Muslim kingdom's consultative 150-member Shura council was expected to endorse the new law soon, local newspapers said.
The state telecommunications regulator earlier this year warned against using third generation (3G) mobile phones for “immoral” purposes.'
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Posted by Darren at April 18, 2005 06:59 PM
