Saudi woman to get 10 lashes for driving a car
Activist
Samar Badawi says Shaima Ghassaniya was found guilty Tuesday of driving without
the government's permission.
No
laws prohibit women from driving, but conservative religious edicts have banned
it.
The
ruling comes just two days after Saudi King Abdullah announced that, for the
first time, women have the right to vote and run in the country's 2015 local
elections.
Najalaa
Harriri, who is also facing court for driving, told The Associated Press she
needed to drive to take better care of her children.
Tuesday's
verdict is the first of its kind in Saudi Arabia. Other women were
detained for several days, but had not been sentenced by a court.
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