<p>According to a local Saudi news reports Saturday, a judge in the town of Arar found the man guilty of trying to blackmail the woman with intimate pictures of herself. The woman, who was a government employee, allegedly complained several times to the Virtue Police, a force tasked with enforcing Islamic Sharia law as defined by the government. Police then arrested the man as he tried to harass her at her place of work.<br /><br />The accused man has 40 days from the date of the verdict to appeal the case. Meanwhile, another judge in Saudi Arabia sentenced a man this week to four months in prison, 140 lashes and fined him 2,000 riyals (about $533) for defaming two men on the internet by suggesting they were promiscuous. This led to slander against their family names as well, according to the court.<br /><br />Saudi Arabia has been widely criticised by international groups for its interpretation of Islamic Sharia law and for its application of punishment in criminal cases.<br /></p>
<p>According to a local Saudi news reports Saturday, a judge in the town of Arar found the man guilty of trying to blackmail the woman with intimate pictures of herself. The woman, who was a government employee, allegedly complained several times to the Virtue Police, a force tasked with enforcing Islamic Sharia law as defined by the government. Police then arrested the man as he tried to harass her at her place of work.<br /><br />The accused man has 40 days from the date of the verdict to appeal the case. Meanwhile, another judge in Saudi Arabia sentenced a man this week to four months in prison, 140 lashes and fined him 2,000 riyals (about $533) for defaming two men on the internet by suggesting they were promiscuous. This led to slander against their family names as well, according to the court.<br /><br />Saudi Arabia has been widely criticised by international groups for its interpretation of Islamic Sharia law and for its application of punishment in criminal cases.<br /></p>