Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Online activists in Saudi Arabia are
calling for harsher punishments for child abuse after reports emerged
that a prominent cleric received a light sentence after confessing to
the beating his 5-year-old daughter to death.
The social media campaign gaining momentum on Sunday is the latest attempt to use the Internet to pressure the kingdom's ultraconservative rulers.
Saudi media reports say Fayhan al-Ghamdi, a frequent guest on Islamic TV programs, was arrested in November on charges of killing the girl. The reports said he questioned the child's virginity.
Saudi media say he was freed last week after
serving a short prison term and agreeing to pay $50,000 in "blood
money" to avoid a possible death sentence.
The money was presumably offered to the girl's mother or other relatives.
The social media campaign gaining momentum on Sunday is the latest attempt to use the Internet to pressure the kingdom's ultraconservative rulers.
Saudi media reports say Fayhan al-Ghamdi, a frequent guest on Islamic TV programs, was arrested in November on charges of killing the girl. The reports said he questioned the child's virginity.
The money was presumably offered to the girl's mother or other relatives.
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