Qunun is now in the care of the UN’s refugee agency in Bangkok, which is processing her case. The department said it will “consider this referral in the usual way, as it does with all UNHCR referrals”. Phil Robertson of Human Rights Watch said Qunun had renounced Islam, which puts her at “serious risk” of prosecution in Saudi Arabia. That makes it “100 percent” certain she will be killed by her family if she is returned to Saudi, she added. The ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia has come under fire since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the country’s consulate in Istanbul last year.

Source: Egypt Independent January 09, 2019 09:22 UTC