The story of the 18-year-old Saudi women who fled her family seeking asylum to reclaim her rights has been the talk of the town for the past few days with the trending hashtag ‘Save Rahaf’ on Twitter. Rahaf Al-Qunun is a young Saudi woman studying at a local university traveled to Thailand via Kuwait in an attempt to seek asylum in Australia. She revealed to the BBC that the she is fearing her life because she is an apostate, an act that is considered a crime and is punishable by death in Saudi Arabia. Upon arriving to Bangkok, she was met by a Saudi diplomat who seized her passport which meant that she does not meet the Thai visa requirements. This forced the Thai officials to come to the decision to deport her back to her country for “violating the law”. According to Rahaf, she only arrived to Bangkok to catch a connecting flight to Australia, a country she allegedly already obtained a visa for. The chief of immigration police Surachate Hakparn said “the Saudi Arabia embassy contacted the immigration police… and said that the girl had run away from…
Saudi Woman Running Away from Family is Now Under UNHCR Protection
January 8, 2019
