Via aljazeera.net -
A Saudi Arabian court has doubled a corporal punishment sentence imposed on a rape victim after she spoke out about her case.
But the decision to give a woman who was gang raped a six months jail term and 200 lashes received only mild criticism from the US on Monday.
An official at the general court in Qatif, in Saudi Arabia's eastern province, said judges had increased the sentence because of the woman's "attempt to aggravate and influence the judiciary through the media".
The woman's name has not been released.
The case has drawn criticism internationally, with Canada saying on Monday it would complain to the Saudi authorities about the sentence.
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