Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun began posting on Twitter late on Saturday after her passport was taken away when she arrived in Bangkok on a flight from Kuwait. She has identified the man who took her passport variously as a Kuwait Airways employee or a Saudi Embassy official. Saudi Arabia's charge d'affaires in Bangkok Abdullah al-Shuaibi denied Saudi authorities were involved in any way. "She was stopped by airport authorities because she violated Thai laws," he was quoted as saying in Sabq, a state-aligned Saudi news website. Alqunun's plight mirrors that of other Saudi women who have tried to flee abusive or restrictive family conditions.

Source: The Telegraph January 07, 2019 09:45 UTC