2 Saudi sisters tweet from Georgia, seeking protection from family
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Two Saudi sisters, who have fled their country and family, have tweeted that they are in Georgia and are in urgent need of UNHCR protection as their brothers and father have come to Georgia looking for them.
They tweeted:
#SaudSistersRescue
— georgia sisters (@GeorgiaSisters) April 16, 2019
we are two Saudi sisters who fled from Saudi Arabia seeking asylum. Yet, the family and the Saudi government have suspended our passports and now we are trapped in Georgia country. We need your help please.
The sisters say that they escaped strict Saudi laws and family oppression and want to live in a safe country.
We are Saudi sisters, my name is Maha and my sister Wafa. We are in danger. We need your support to deliver our voice. We want protection. We want a country to welcomes us and protects our rights. Please help us. Saudi government has canceled our passports. We are now in Georgia pic.twitter.com/aWdGtB8sE2
— georgia sisters (@GeorgiaSisters) April 17, 2019
The sisters say that they decided to show their faces so that if something happened to them “people would remember us [...] if that [doesn’t] help us it may help other Saudi girls in the future.”