It seems the Saudis aren't content with just cutting up a Washington Post Journalist in their Turkish Consulate building, now they've after an 18 year old Saudi girl who is seemingly barricading herself in a hotel room in Bangkok as the Saudis want to return her to her family.... who seemingly want to kill her in an "honour killing"
Saw it breaking last night on Maajid Nawaz's Facebook page - The Daily Fail surprisingly seemed to be one of the first outlets to report on this story though it is now getting global attention:
#SaveRahaf is the hashtag on twitter/facebook
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...t-trying-flee-family-amid-fears-kill-her.html
edit - guardian link for those who don't like the Daily Fail:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...held-bangkok-fears-will-be-killed-repatriated
the tl;dr seems to be:
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18 year old Saudi woman with an abusive family escapes her family on board a Kuwaiti Airline's flight to Bangkok
she apparently has an Australian visa and intends to claim asylum there
grounds for asylum - she's given up Isalm/is an apostate and is rather frightened of her father
upon arrival in Bangkok her passport has been confiscated by the Saudis
she has video footage confirming this on twitter, video also confirms she has money
she was due to be put on a Kuwaiti Airlines flight back to Kuwait this morning, seemingly she's avoided this and has barricaded herself in a hotel room
Thai authorities seem to be unhelpful at best at the moment - she's trying to get contact with the UNHCR
Saudi Embassy in Bangkok is doing the usual bare faced lies - pretending that it is all a standard immigration admin issue and that she doesn't have a Thai visa, has no return ticket etc..etc.. which ignores that she doesn't need one to transit to Australia
Her cousin has already made it clear that they intend to kill her when they get her back to the gulf.
Various Saudis on twitter are calling for her death
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Saw it breaking last night on Maajid Nawaz's Facebook page - The Daily Fail surprisingly seemed to be one of the first outlets to report on this story though it is now getting global attention:
#SaveRahaf is the hashtag on twitter/facebook
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...t-trying-flee-family-amid-fears-kill-her.html
edit - guardian link for those who don't like the Daily Fail:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...held-bangkok-fears-will-be-killed-repatriated
the tl;dr seems to be:
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18 year old Saudi woman with an abusive family escapes her family on board a Kuwaiti Airline's flight to Bangkok
she apparently has an Australian visa and intends to claim asylum there
grounds for asylum - she's given up Isalm/is an apostate and is rather frightened of her father
upon arrival in Bangkok her passport has been confiscated by the Saudis
she has video footage confirming this on twitter, video also confirms she has money
she was due to be put on a Kuwaiti Airlines flight back to Kuwait this morning, seemingly she's avoided this and has barricaded herself in a hotel room
Thai authorities seem to be unhelpful at best at the moment - she's trying to get contact with the UNHCR
Saudi Embassy in Bangkok is doing the usual bare faced lies - pretending that it is all a standard immigration admin issue and that she doesn't have a Thai visa, has no return ticket etc..etc.. which ignores that she doesn't need one to transit to Australia
Her cousin has already made it clear that they intend to kill her when they get her back to the gulf.
Various Saudis on twitter are calling for her death
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