Bangkok, A Saudi woman who fled her family to avoid forced marriage and refused to leave a Bangkok airport hotel room to avoid deportation was granted refugee status on Wednesday by the UN, her friends and supporters said, clearing the way for an asylum request. The UN refugee agency UNHCR[Read More…]
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Thailand urged to stop deportation of Saudi woman
Bangkok, The Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged Thai authorities to stop the deportation of an 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled her family and has been held at the Bangkok airport since the weekend. Rahaf Mohammed Al-Qunun has refused to board Kuwait Airlines Flight KU412, set to depart from[Read More…]