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Charge:	Premarital Sex (Fornication)
Sentence:	100 lashes in public & 8 months house arrest
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	2012
Year Convicted:	2013
Year Cleared:	2013
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Maldives
County or Region of Crime:
City of Crime:	Feydhoo island
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"A 14-year-old girl in the Maldives was wrongly convicted of fornication, for allegedly having premarital sex."
Conviction Caused By:
Innocence Proved By:	A Maldavian appeals court ruled that the girl's alleged confession that was the basis of her conviction was unreliable.
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Age When Imprisoned:	15
Age When Released:	15
Sex:	Female
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Information Source 1:	"Maldives court quashes flogging of teenage rape victim, FMT News, August 22, 2013"
Information Location 1:	http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2013/08/22/maldives-court-quashes-flogging-of-teenage-rape-victim/
Information Source 2:	"Maldives rape victim spared the lash after global anger, By Jane Merrick (staff), The Independent (London), August 24, 2013"
Information Location 2:	http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/maldives-rape-victim-spared-the-lash-after-global-anger-8783406.html
Information Source 3:	"Maldives: Girl rape victim to be spared outrageous flogging sentence, staff writers, Amnesty International, August 21, 2013"
Information Location 3:	http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/maldives-girl-rape-victim-be-spared-outrageous-flogging-sentence-2013-08-21
Information Source 4:	"Rape victim, 15, who faced 100 lashes in the Maldives for 'fornication' has sentence QUASHED after court caves in to global outrage, By Staff reporter, Daily Mail (London), August 25, 2013"
Information Location 4:	http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2401835/Rape-victim-15-faced-100-lashes-Maldives-fornication-sentence-QUASHED-court-caves-global-outrage.html
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Maldivian Girl

Charge:

Premarital Sex (Fornication)

Sentence:

100 lashes in public & 8 months house arrest

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2012

Year Convicted:

2013

Year Cleared:

2013

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Maldives

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Feydhoo island

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"A 14-year-old girl in the Maldives was wrongly convicted of fornication, for allegedly having premarital sex."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

A Maldavian appeals court ruled that the girl's alleged confession that was the basis of her conviction was unreliable.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

15

Age When Released:

15

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Maldives court quashes flogging of teenage rape victim, FMT News, August 22, 2013"

Information Location 1:

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2013/08/22/maldives-court-quashes-flogging-of-teenage-rape-victim/

Information Source 2:

"Maldives rape victim spared the lash after global anger, By Jane Merrick (staff), The Independent (London), August 24, 2013"

Information Location 2:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/maldives-rape-victim-spared-the-lash-after-global-anger-8783406.html

Information Source 3:

"Maldives: Girl rape victim to be spared outrageous flogging sentence, staff writers, Amnesty International, August 21, 2013"

Information Location 3:

http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/maldives-girl-rape-victim-be-spared-outrageous-flogging-sentence-2013-08-21

Information Source 4:

"Rape victim, 15, who faced 100 lashes in the Maldives for 'fornication' has sentence QUASHED after court caves in to global outrage, By Staff reporter, Daily Mail (London), August 25, 2013"

Information Location 4:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2401835/Rape-victim-15-faced-100-lashes-Maldives-fornication-sentence-QUASHED-court-caves-global-outrage.html

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