Saudi sisters free after six months stranded in Hong Kong

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HONG KONG: Two Saudi sisters marooned in Hong Kong have arrived in a safe third country after securing humanitarian visas, their law firm said on ...

HONG KONG: Two Saudi sisters marooned in Hong Kong have arrived in a safe third country after securing humanitarian visas, their law firm said on Monday , ending a months-long ordeal as they sought sanctuary from an abusive family.

The sisters, who had previously said they lived in constant fear of being found by Saudi authorities and their family while in Hong Kong, were finally able to leave the city late last week after being granted"emergency humanitarian visas" and start new lives in another country, their law firm said. Vidler said the sisters would not give interviews again, but thanked local and international media for their support.

Lynn Maalouf, Middle East research director at Amnesty International, said the sisters"showed immense courage and took huge risks to escape the repeated abuse by their male relatives".

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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