URGENT Tell Thailand Foreign Minister to STOP FORCED RETURN of teen girl to Saudi Arabia

[zooks]

Last edited Mon Jan 7, 2019, 12:24 PM - Edit history (4)

Today on Jan 7 Thailand is going to force the return of a 17 yr old girl back Saudi Arabia despite her holding a valid visa. She is pleading for help as she faces being killed if sent back. She has done nothing wrong.

Below is the email I sent to the Thai foreign minister, the UNHCR in Thailand, and the Thai Office for Refugees. Please consider doing likewise - you can just copy and paste. Please lend your support!

Here is Rahaf's story

Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, 18, told Human Rights Watch that she arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok on the evening of January 5, 2019, en route from Kuwait to Australia, but was met by a representative of the Saudi embassy who seized her passport to prevent her from traveling to Australia. Saudi and Thai officials told her she would be forced to return to Kuwait on the morning of January 7, where her father and brother are awaiting her.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/01/06/thailand-allow-fleeing-saudi-woman-seek-refuge



This evening, speaking from an airport hotel room guarded by security officials, she told MailOnline: ‘I am scared.

‘My brother told me that he’s waiting with some Saudi men.

'They will take me to Saudi Arabia and my father will kill me, because he is so angry.

'He will kill me. My family do this. I know them.

‘They kept telling me they will kill me if I do something wrong - they say that since I was a child.'


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6562169/Saudi-woman-trapped-Bangkok-airport-trying-flee-family-amid-fears-kill-her.html





Dear Minister Pramudwinai

I'm writing to express my deep concern regarding the forced return of Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun to Saudi Arabia.

I respectfully request that Thai authorities immediately halt any deportation, and either allow her to continue her travel to Australia or permit her to remain in Thailand to seek protection as a refugee.

As stated by Michael Page, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch “Saudi women fleeing their families can face severe violence from relatives, deprivation of liberty, and other serious harm if returned against their will”

I call on your government to uphold Thailand’s commitments to protect Rahaf's right to seek protection as a refugee.


Sent to the following ,

[e-mail] (Pramudwinai, Thai foreign minister)

[e-mail] (the UNHCR in Thailand)

[e-mail] ( the National Thai Office for Refugees)


fyi emailed the foreign minister as I could not find email address to the PM

[Geechie]

1. Done!

How do I kick this? I haven't done much here except post and recommend.

[MiniMe]

2. Just getting a little picky

Is she 17 or 18? The title of your thread says 17, but the article quoted says 18. It really doesn't matter, that is too young to be facing death. What do they say she did?