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A Saudi lawyer says a female journalist has been sentenced to 60 lashes for her involvement in a TV show in which a Saudi man publicly talked about sex.
Rozanna Al Yami is believed to be the first Saudi Arabian woman journalist to be given such a punishment.
The charges against her included involvement in the preparation of the programme and advertising the segment on the internet.
In the programme, aired on a Lebanese satellite channel, Mazen Abdul-Jawad, scandalised Saudis by describing an active sex life.
His lawyer, Sulaiman Al Jumeii, claimed that not trying Al Yami before a court specialised in media matters at the Information Ministry was a violation of Saudi law.
Abdul-Jawad received five years in jail and 1,000 lashes.
