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SAUDI ARABIA - COURT ORDERS LASHING
OF WOMAN FOR DEFYING DRIVING BAN
Saudi women will soon be allowed to vote but driving remains banned.
A court in
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
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.