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NIKV69 wrote:If they send her back she is a goner. So sad.
johns624 wrote:Isn't an 18 year old considered an adult?
scbriml wrote:After the Khasshogi incident, you would think Saudi Arabia would be on a charm offensive, but apparently not.
scbriml wrote:After the Khasshogi incident, you would think Saudi Arabia would be on a charm offensive, but apparently not.
Jouhou wrote:scbriml wrote:After the Khasshogi incident, you would think Saudi Arabia would be on a charm offensive, but apparently not.
Oh no, it's a woman so it's different, in Saudi eyes. It's as if livestock escaped for them.
Also I'm pretty sure the Khasshogi thing was more about Turkey extorting the US for favors, since it seems Khasshogi was silenced at the Trump admins request.
Flaps wrote:Jouhou wrote:scbriml wrote:After the Khasshogi incident, you would think Saudi Arabia would be on a charm offensive, but apparently not.
Oh no, it's a woman so it's different, in Saudi eyes. It's as if livestock escaped for them.
Also I'm pretty sure the Khasshogi thing was more about Turkey extorting the US for favors, since it seems Khasshogi was silenced at the Trump admins request.
What color is the sky on your planet???
Jouhou wrote:That's really not on topic though. What is on topic is my displeasure with how Saudis treat women. They need to find their way into the 21st century.
scbriml wrote:After the Khasshogi incident, you would think Saudi Arabia would be on a charm offensive, but apparently not.
NIKV69 wrote:I don't think Saudi Arabia will have anything to do with this. My money is her father will make her pay for shaming his family. It's so sick.
BawliBooch wrote:Its time the Western world came together and take the al-Saud's to task over the gross violations of Human Rights.
alfa164 wrote:
Perhaps you missed the part about, "She was trying to reach Australia via Bangkok but a Saudi official confiscated her passport after her male guardian said she was 'traveling without his permission'."
NIKV69 wrote:alfa164 wrote:
Perhaps you missed the part about, "She was trying to reach Australia via Bangkok but a Saudi official confiscated her passport after her male guardian said she was 'traveling without his permission'."
She told the BBC that she had renounced Islam, and feared she would be forcibly returned to Saudi Arabia and killed by her family.
A3801000 wrote:I can't imagine a young woman in such a situation, it is revolting.
scbriml wrote:A3801000 wrote:I can't imagine a young woman in such a situation, it is revolting.
It is, I have nothing but sympathy for her.
I do wonder if she might have been wiser to renounce Islam after she'd got to safety?
A3801000 wrote:UN has arrived. They are interviewing Rahaf. They gave their word that she would remain in their custody & that she is now safe. This is what they promised
einsteinboricua wrote:A3801000 wrote:UN has arrived. They are interviewing Rahaf. They gave their word that she would remain in their custody & that she is now safe. This is what they promised
As far as we know, she's still in an airport hotel room...nothing is stopping Saudi folks from "inspecting" the person and dragging her to a flight bound for Kuwait or Saudi Arabia.
Unless that room is being guarded by UN personnel round the clock, she's still at risk.
A3801000 wrote:Her dad is on his way to Thailand.
tommy1808 wrote:A bunch of dead Saudi goons on the other hand would be splendid.
zakuivcustom wrote:tommy1808 wrote:A bunch of dead Saudi goons on the other hand would be splendid.
Killed those Saudi goons in Khashoggi style would be even better
zakuivcustom wrote:"Police officials and staff at the Bangkok airport hotel where the woman was staying said she had already left her room there, though her exact destination was not made public."
My only wish is that she got taken to some embassy of a western nation, or even better, secretly flown out of the country (to Australia or some western nation) already.
That way, Thailand can claim that there's a security "lapse", or, if she's in an embassy of some western nation, Thai police can just say they can't do anything.
Oh well, wish her the best.
tommy1808 wrote:A bunch of dead Saudi goons on the other hand would be splendid.
Killed those Saudi goons in Khashoggi style would be even better
ltbewr wrote:Even if gets to Australia, what support will she have there to live there, to make a living ? She likely in her young life traveled to non-Islamic countries so has knows the difference and wanted to escape what is a repressive life for women in SA.
A3801000 wrote:Her dad has arrived, doesn't look like he flew scheduled
But she is happy she is with UN and has her passport back.