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A Kenyan domestic worker based in Saudi Arabia is facing 100 lashes and a year of banishment after a criminal court in Riyadh found her guilty of engaging in sexual relations outside marriage, following the birth of her child while she was employed in the country.
The ruling was handed down in October 2026 by a three-judge panel, drawing fresh scrutiny over how migrant workers, particularly unmarried women who fall pregnant, are treated within the Gulf nation's justice system.
Saudi Arabia sentences Kenyan domestic worker for giving birth out of wedlock
The New York Times reported that the woman, 40, is a mother of five who travelled to Saudi Arabia lawfully through a licensed recruitment agency. She conceived during a brief relationship with an Egyptian man who was also residing in the country at the time.
She delivered her baby in August 2025 while living in staff accommodation, but was subsequently discovered by a supervisor, taken to hospital, and detained by police for questioning about the pregnancy.
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