Saturday, December 25, 2010

Bangladeshi Woman Sufia Begum Dies a Month After Caning for Adultery

Bangladeshi Woman Sufia Begum Dies a Month After Caning for Adultery: "A Bangladeshi woman who was publicly caned for an alleged extramarital affair with her stepson has died, and police have arrested two people, according to media reports.

Sufia Begum, 50, was sentenced by an Islamic court in her village in the northwest Rajshahi district, police told Agence France-Presse, and was whipped 40 times on Nov. 12."

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