Saudi Arabia Flogging Sentence for Mother Sparks Outrage

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Kenyan migrant worker Esther Wanja Muthoni sentenced to 100 lashes in Saudi Arabia after giving birth outside marriage.

Hospital staff alerted police upon delivery, following Saudi mandatory reporting rules for unmarried mothers.

Saudi Arabia abolished discretionary flogging in 2020, but fixed 'hudud' offences like extramarital sex still carry mandatory lashes.

Rights group ALQST and UN representatives are demanding an intervention and calling for the woman's deportation over corporal punishment.

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