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American businesswoman arrested, strip-searched.(SAUDI ARABIA)(Brief article)

RIYADH -- A 37-year-old American businesswoman, married and a mother of three, was arrested in February for meeting for business purposes with a male colleague to whom she was not related. Their meeting was being held in a "family" designated area of a Starbucks in Riyadh, where men and women who are unrelated are segregated. The woman works for an investment firm. The man she was conferencing with, a Syrian national and a financial analyst, was also arrested and remains in custody. The woman was released when her husband intervened, but prior to her release, she was strip-searched and hauled before a judge, who told her she was guilty of terrible "sin" and would go to hell ...

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