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Saudi harasser named and shamed under new law

A court in the Muslim holy city of Medina ordered the public identification of Yasser Muslim Al-Arawi

By News Desk
January 13, 2022

RIYADH: A Saudi has been named in a newspaper after his conviction for sexual harassment, in an apparent first under new laws tackling a subject that is often seen as taboo. A court in the Muslim holy city of Medina ordered the public identification of Yasser Muslim Al-Arawi, who was named in the privately owned Okaz newspaper after he was sentenced to eight months in prison and fined 5,000 riyals ($1,300).