Saturday, August 6, 2016
Father of woman 'locked up' in Saudi Arabia must allow her to return to UK
From The Guardian:
A Saudi academic who allegedly imprisoned his 21-year-old daughter must allow her to return to the UK by 11 September, a high court judge has ruled.
Amina al-Jeffery – who grew up in Swansea and has dual British and Saudi Arabian nationality – says her father, Mohammed al-Jeffery, an academic, locked her up at his home in the Saudi city of Jeddah because she “kissed a guy”.
Lawyers representing Amina al-Jeffery had taken legal action and asked Mr Justice Holman to look at ways of helping her. The judge, who analysed the arguments at a public hearing in the family division of the high court in London in July, has ruled that she must be returned to the UK by 11 September.
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https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/family_law/2016/08/father-of-woman-locked-up-in-saudi-arabia-must-allow-her-to-return-to-uk.html