Qatar Threatens Foreign Rape Victim With 100 Lashes and 7 Years in Prison

[Hyoha 1,633]

WORLD CUP WORKER THREATENED WITH 100 LASHES AFTER SEXUAL ASSAULT IN QATAR

A Mexican woman helping organize the World Cup in Qatar says authorities threatened her with prison and a whipping after she reported she was sexually assaulted.

Paola Schietekat made the accusations against law enforcement in the autocratic Middle Eastern monarchy as it prepares to become the first Arab country to host the world's premier soccer event in 2022.

A behavioral economist, Schietekat described her experience in June of last year in an article published on the website of Mexican journalist Julio Astillero. She characterized Qatar's legal system and authorities as being more interested in protecting the man she accused of sexually assaulting her.

While working for the committee responsible for organizing the 2022 World Cup in Qatar's capital city of Doha, Schietekat said an acquaintance from the local Latino community entered her apartment and assaulted her, leaving her left arm, shoulder and back covered in bruises.

Schietekat said she obtained a medical certificate and reported the incident to local police with the Mexican consul in Qatar. After explaining the situation to police in her limited Arabic, she signed a statement and left, according to Schietekat. At 9 p.m., she was called back to the police, where she said they presented her with the alleged assailant.

"It was three hours of interrogation in Arabic, and at a certain point they demanded a virginity test," Schietekat wrote. "For some reason I had become the accused."

Her alleged assailant told police the two had a romantic relationship and police demanded she hand over her unlocked phone, according to Schietekat. From there, Schietekat said the case centered around the possibility of extramarital affair, which she said can be punished in Qatar by up to seven years in prison and possibly 100 lashes.

Her lawyer, she said, offered her a simple solution to close the case: marry her attacker.

But with the aid of the World Cup organizing committee, Schietekat said she was able to leave the country.

"I had never breathed with more relief than when my passport was stamped," wrote Schietekat. "In Mexico the adrenaline stopped and a slower process began, although just as complex and painful."

Despite successfully fleeing Qatar, Schietekat described her confusion and "disappointment of not having foreseen that the case could be turned against me, because we live in a world that seems to hate women."

After receiving Qatari court filings, she found out her assailant was acquitted of the charges even though she provided a medical report.

Source: https://www.newsweek.com/world-cup-worker-threatened-100-lashes-after-sexual-assault-qatar-1680871

[Glamourpuss 29,080]

This is awful. That poor woman. I'm so glad she was able to leave the country. 

Also 100 lashes is brutal. Something like 10 (I don't want to put a number on it) would be sufficient enough. To make it 100 is just cruel beyond belief. 

Edited to add that what I mean is surely when a punishment is given out there comes a point where you realise it's enough punishment. I'm not saying lashing is acceptable because it's absolutely not. It's just the fact that 100 is an insane amount that I can't even fathom how somebody can take that kind of pain and it shows they don't have punishment in mind and just want to torture. Please don't twist what I meant. 

[Borisapillar 10,128]

5 minutes ago, Glamourpuss said:

This is awful. That poor woman. I'm so glad she was able to leave the country. 

Also 100 lashes is brutal. Something like 10 (I don't want to put a number on it) would be sufficient enough. To make it 100 is just cruel beyond belief. 

Any number of lashes is brutal and unnecessary.

[Glamourpuss 29,080]

2 hours ago, Borisapillar said:

Any number of lashes is brutal and unnecessary.

Yes I know. I mean there comes a point when something is punishment enough. I honestly just can't fathom how someone can think to make the number so high because it's not even a punishment anymore, it's just torture. It makes me feel ill. 

I don't condone this type of punishment just to clarify. 

[Guest]

Yeah... just qatar, kuwait, saudi arabia being awful

[androiduser 7,438]

heterosexuality combined with religion is a lethal combination

[Mother of Puppies 36,615]

It's kinda questionable that the world cup takes place there.

[LateToCult 41,863]

Whoops. I read it as her being a reporter. My bad.

[Shipper 13,114]

1 hour ago, Mother of Puppies said:

It's kinda questionable that the world cup takes place there.

MONEY. That's it. They bought it. It's like a toxic boy's club but this time, countries. 

[Shipper 13,114]

3 hours ago, Glamourpuss said:

This is awful. That poor woman. I'm so glad she was able to leave the country. 

Also 100 lashes is brutal. Something like 10 (I don't want to put a number on it) would be sufficient enough. To make it 100 is just cruel beyond belief. 

The way you worded it just came out so wrong. I know you didnt mean it that way but it was written that way so it's hard not to read it negatively.

It's like saying, death penalty is brutal, cutting both feet is enough. 

[Glamourpuss 29,080]

4 minutes ago, Shipper said:

The way you worded it just came out so wrong. I know you didnt mean it that way but it was written that way so it's hard not to read it negatively.

It's like saying, death penalty is brutal, cutting both feet is enough. 

I know. I really didn't mean it like that and didn't realise it would be taken that way.  I shouldn't have written it in a rush. But I hope anyone reading it now can understand what I actually meant and not come after me. 

[Oriane 22,779]

I'm never going there

[Hyoha 1,633]

2 hours ago, Oriane said:

I'm never going there

Honestly, same. And I don’t want to inject my money into their economy, either. I want no participation in their mess whatsoever.

Qatar is supposed to be one of the most liberal countries with islamic law, and yet stuff like that still happens. So disappointing, heartbreaking.

[Sneaky Oliver 22,988]

Not even FIFA will be able to keep football fans safe  This is so scary… they should cancel the whole thing