3.0.0 857 2023-01-11T13:15:02Z 2023-01-11T13:15:02Z House H HRES 2007-12-11 110 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-12-11T15:35:25Z 2007-12-11 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2007-12-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-12-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001170 Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1] Carol Shea-Porter D NH 1 N P000592 Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2] Ted Poe R TX 2 2007-12-13 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2007-12-13 False M000087 Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] CAROLYN MALONEY D NY B. 14 2007-12-13 False D000210 Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10] William Delahunt D MA D. 10 2007-12-17 False V000128 Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8] Chris Van Hollen D MD 8 2007-12-17 False International Affairs Administration of justice Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Crime and Law Enforcement Crimes against women Human rights Law Middle East and North Africa Punishment Rape Saudi Arabia Sentences (Criminal procedure) Victims of crimes Women Women's rights International Affairs 00 2007-12-11 Introduced in House 2007-12-20T23:05:52Z Condemns the Saudi judiciary for convicting the "Qatif Girl" on the charge of being alone in a car with a man she is not related to, as well as for the inhumane punishment to which she was sentenced.

Calls on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to: (1) overturn the conviction and to drop all charges against the Saudi rape victim known as the "Qatif Girl" and (2) abolish such law as well as other laws that compromise women's freedom, dignity, and equality.

Expresses sympathy for the "Qatif Girl."

]]> Calling on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to take immediate actions to drop all charges against the Saudi rape victim known as the "Qatif Girl". Display Title Calling on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to take immediate actions to drop all charges against the Saudi rape victim known as the "Qatif Girl". Official Title as Introduced Calling on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to take immediate actions to drop all charges against the Saudi rape victim known as the "Qatif Girl". Introduced in House 2007-12-11T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hres857ih/xml/BILLS-110hres857ih.xml 2007-12-11 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.