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Saudi sisters stuck in Hong Kong months after fleeing kingdom
« on: February 21, 2019, 06:50:18 pm »
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Saudi sisters stuck in Hong Kong months after fleeing kingdom
The two sisters using the aliases Reem and Rawan say Saudi officials kept them from traveling to Australia.

Two young Saudi sisters in Hong Kong said Thursday they had been intercepted by kingdom officials at the city's airport while attempting to escape to Australia, in the latest case of women fleeing the ultra-conservative country.

The pair, who have adopted the aliases Reem and Rawan, said in a statement from their lawyer they had renounced Islam and fear the death penalty if forced to return to Saudi Arabia.

The sisters aged 20 and 18, whose representatives say they suffered violent abuse, fled to Hong Kong in September from a family holiday in Sri Lanka and were planning to fly on to Australia.

Read more at: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/saudi-sisters-stuck-hong-kong-months-fleeing-kingdom-190221161045143.html