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A court in Saudi Arabia has
sentenced a woman to 10 lashes
for breaking the country's ban on
female drivers.
The woman, identified only as Shema,
was found guilty of driving in Jeddah in
July.
Women2drive, which campaigns for
women to be allowed to drive in Saudi
Arabia, says she has already lodged an
appeal.
In recent months, scores of women have driven vehicles in
Saudi cities in an effort to put pressure on the monarchy to
change the law.
The sentence comes two days after the Saudi leader King
Abdullah announced women would be allowed to vote for
the first time in 2015.
Two other women are due to appear in court later this year
on similar charges, correspondents say.

I really wonder if somwer in d koran it is written that women are inferior creatures n shld be treated wit disdain. Horde of backward thinking goons. Why dont d bh boiz lobby for a ban on female drivers too?