"A Saudi appeals court has upheld jail and lashes for an Egyptian lawyer whose arrest on drug trafficking charges last year sparked a row with Cairo, a newspaper said Thursday.
The five-year sentence and 300 lashes meted out by a Jeddah court against Ahmed Al-Gizawy are now final, Okaz daily said, adding that the execution of the lashing sentence will begin “within a month.”
The lashes are implemented at the rate of 50 per month."
The five-year sentence and 300 lashes meted out by a Jeddah court against Ahmed Al-Gizawy are now final, Okaz daily said, adding that the execution of the lashing sentence will begin “within a month.”
The lashes are implemented at the rate of 50 per month."
