By Cassandra Bedwell, ABC Updated January 12, 2012, 1:15 pm
A Victorian man who was sentenced to a year in jail and 500 lashes in Saudi Arabia has been released.
Mansor Almaribe, 45, from Shepparton, in north-eastern Victoria, was found guilty of "blasphemy" last month while on a pilgrimage to Mecca.
His family feared he would not survive the punishment because of his ...
By Mary Ann Jolley and staff, ABC Updated January 5, 2012, 4:35 am
A new law which bans men from working in lingerie shops in Saudi Arabia is being hailed as a significant victory in the campaign for equal rights.
The law will give women in the closed desert kingdom an opportunity to work in shopping malls for the first time.
Ibrahim Al Mugaiteeb from Saudi Arabia's Human Rights First Society says men selling w...