The girl who was ganged raped was put under fire for bringing the media into things, which added to her sentence. Her laywer, Abdul Rahman al-Lahem, has now been targeted as well.
The Saudi lawyer who represented a gang rape victim had his disciplinary hearing for "insulting the Supreme Judicial Council and disobeying the rules and regulations" of the judiciary postponed to an unspecified date, according to The Associated Press.
There have been calls for his beheading. But he keeps saying he's done nothing wrong.
"I believe in the system and the law, and I believe I didn't do anything wrong," Abdul Rahman al-Lahem told CNN in a telephone interview from Riyadh on Tuesday.
In challenging his possible suspension and disbarment, the 36-year-old attorney said he has received threats on his life from the religious right. But the foreign minister's call for a review of the case -- joined by "many voices" of al-Lahem's generation, as he put it -- have been encouraging, he added.
"Young people in all fields are asking for reform, in the judicial system, media and elsewhere," he said. "I belong to a new generation of lawyers who know the law and know how to challenge judges about the law."
He said his opponents' influence is on the wane. "They believe that any criticism of the judiciary system is a direct criticism of the Islamic Sharia law, and they consider that any criticism is a criticism of religion itself," he said.
I'm just glad it seems that they are making some effort to change things and defend the victimized girl. It's insane to me how much punishment she's receiving over all of this.
(For yesterday's event)
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/05/saudi.lawyer/index.html
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