Saudi woman sentenced to 10 lashes for defying ban

Jiddah : Saudi Arabia | Sep 27, 2011 at 1:06 PM PDT

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Saudi Arabian government imposed ban on female to drive any vehicle. A female was found guilty of driving in Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah.

A woman was sentenced by a court ten lashes for breaking the country's law and she found become a violation of law in Saudi Arabia.

Woman told that she has already lodged an appeal in the court against the ban of female driving.

In recent months, scores of women have driven vehicles in Saudi cities in an effort to put pressure 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.

According to BBC, two other women are due to appear in court later this year on similar charges.

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