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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Saudi woman detained in Thailand seeks asylum in Canada
Bangkok, A Saudi woman who fled her family to avoid forced marriage and has been detained in Thailand on Tuesday sought asylum in Canada amid doubts about the status of her Australian visa. Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, who arrived in Bangkok on January 5 on her way to Australia, was on[Read More…]
UNHCR probing case of Saudi woman detained in Bangkok
Bangkok: The office of UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday said it was probing the case of an 18-year-old Saudi woman detained at the Bangkok airport amid claims that she was being forced to return to her family after fleeing from them to avoid a forced marriage. Rahaf[Read More…]
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…]
Saudi woman arrested for hugging male singer
Riyadh: A woman in Saudi Arabia has been arrested after she ran on stage to hug a male singer during a concert, the media reported. Singer Majid al-Mohandis was performing at a festival in the western city of Taif on Friday when the woman darted on to the stage, the[Read More…]
Saudi woman detained for walking in miniskirt, crop top at public place
A young Saudi woman was arrested after scandalizing the country by posting a video of herself in a miniskirt and crop top walking around at a public. The video triggered outrage while some rushed in her defence. BBC reports that the woman, identified as a model called ‘Khulood’, had shared[Read More…]
Saudi woman detained for posting photo without veil on social media
A woman in the Saudi capital detained on Monday for not wearing a veil in public and taking a picture of herself without cover and posting it on Twitter. Fawaz al-Maiman, the police spokesman did not name the woman. But, several websites identified her as Malak al-Shehri. She attracts huge[Read More…]