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5 years in jail, 1,000 lashes for sex talk on TV

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Published: Monday, October 12, 2009

Updated: Monday, October 12, 2009

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia- A Saudi Arabian court convicted a man for publicly talking about sex after he bragged on a TV talk show about his exploits, sentencing him to five years in jail and 1,000 lashes, his lawyer said. Talking about sex publicly is a taboo in ultraconservative Saudi Arabia. Theman’s layer, Sulaiman al-Jumeii, said he plans to appeal.

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