Saudi woman held at Bangkok airport says fears death if sent back

[TMNH]

1 minute ago, TMNH said:

And Thailand is the best welfare system? LOL...You sir are delirious and obviously missed the point. Don't worry....there's always time to change:)

Perhaps you have "enough" cerebral capacity to understand just how repressive the society is to warrant an "escape". Just like the supposed "caravan" escaping violence in Central America, people take the extreme measure to escape violence and religious consternation. So screw you India BTW. Your hypocrisy (where you rape women) is astounding according to your BS religious tenets.

 

And so....I'd hate to think that this poster would ever imagine or experience a similar situation to warrant getting the hell out of there.. The word is empathy anchadian...and if you're not capable of such, then I guess I can blame ur parents ????

[Odysseus123]

2 hours ago, aircooledflat4 said:

This little part was gutlessly left out of ABC’s report in OZ. 

It wasn't.

[yogi100]

31 minutes ago, sydneyjed said:

Thai,Qantas and Emirates fly Bkk to Sydney..so my guess would be the 7.30pm evening flight with Emirates.Can't possibly see though given the Thais' will side with the Saudis' and Australia is that far up Americas' ar.e they won't want to rock that sweet heart trade alliance.No tv or press access so she's doomed!

Is the 7.30 flight you refer to going to Sydney. If so she'll OK.

[Wo Nelly]

Money talks Saudis walk. This girl will never be heard of again. Life is cheap in Thailand....remember.

[anchadian]

She is NOT on the Kuwait flight according to Jonathan Head

 

[yogi100]

28 minutes ago, TMNH said:

Obviously, you're unaware of how extreme families can be when sons or daughters dare to deviate from their set-in-stone thinking. I would advise you to read a bit re: what happens to those who dare to counter such lost-in-time thinking.

 

 

I think khunpa was trying to be facetious.

[TMNH]

5 minutes ago, yogi100 said:

Is the 7.30 flight you refer to going to Sydney. If so she'll OK.

Any place other than her home country. Which reminds me of Hasidic Jews are even worse- to the point of "shunning"....the German-based people in PA, Ohio, etc. are the same. Indoctrination (aka cultish tactics).. And such emphasis upon former acquaintances....where you would rather lay lo. Nope......not me:)

[anchadian]

Flight KU 412 has now departed from BKK without her.

Edited January 7, 2019 by anchadian

[bananafish]

So how did she end up in a hotel room at the airport?

 

esn't make sense. 

Do

[TMNH]

5 minutes ago, Wo Nelly said:

Money talks Saudis walk. This girl will never be heard of again. Life is cheap in Thailand....remember.

And  the "cheap" will be challenged....to the point where you wish I wasn't there....

[Zack61]

Whatever happens from here don't go to the Saudi embassy or you're dead meat. This woman is in trouble as shown 2 months back in Turkey.

[Andrew Dwyer]

Why she should want to enter thailand if she has a ticket to Australia?

You’ll find your answer in the text you quoted .

[Tony125]

2 minutes ago, bananafish said:

So how did she end up in a hotel room at the airport?

 

esn't make sense. 

Do

Doesn't make sense when you don't bother reading the entire posts. After having her passport and other documents taken from her by Saudi officials she was taken by them to the hotel where they stood guard over her along with men from Kuwai Airlines.

[TMNH]

1 minute ago, bananafish said:

So how did she end up in a hotel room at the airport?

 

esn't make sense. 

Do

Just like your font doesn't make sense. Why you insist upon critiquing this woman is beyond me. You are NOT a detective nor will you qualify for such. And YOUR life is such that you are tied to whatever? Now you insist that YOUR thinking and lack of contemporary "things" make you a person to seek?

 

 

Nope..,. Sorry - you waste time and energy, but your family is somewhat "moderate". And so the family <deleted> is watching you. I have every faith that yo'll do what is ok.

[anchadian]

And so it continues in Thailand.

 

Confirmation from Live Status departures website:

 

KU 412

Kuwait Airways

(KWI) Kuwait

11:15 AM

En Route

[Geordie59]

This is one very brave Young woman. 

I hope someone will step in to help her. 

[anon7867763]

The Kuwaiti security officer has probably (I hope not) destroyed her passport by now, that's her only hope. He also (as she said) took her hotel reservation and return/onward ticket but maybe they are traceable digitally but the passport not. Anyway hoping for the best for her.

Edited January 7, 2019 by johnsnapo

[digger70]

Islam the religion of peace and love and tolerance and justice, That's what they say. We hear and see different every day around the world.  ????

[NanLaew]

For the benefit of those that jump in without reading all the posts and all the links referenced in the thread.

 

She apparently had a passport, valid visa and ticketing for Australia.

 

She had planned a stopover in Bangkok so as not to 'raise suspicion' probably at Kuwait departures immigration, about a Saudi woman traveling alone. Accordingly she would have needed to clear Thai Immigration.

 

It appears she may NOT have had a visa for Thailand OR the correct paperwork to get a Thai visa on arrival.

 

She claims that while still airside at Bangkok, someone who promised to get her the proper Thai entry 'took' her passport. The nationality of that person hasn't been stated.

 

Later, she claims her passport was forcefully taken from her.

 

She also claims imprecisely of various males of Saudi, Kuwaiti and Thai nationality involved in her detention.

 

She's either still holed up in the hotel room or she may have been escorted from the hotel room. That's speculative.

 

She apparently is not on the Kuwait flight that just left but that's also speculative.

Edited January 7, 2019 by NanLaew

[anchadian]

Jonathan Head reports that Thai immigration and police officials walking in and out of transit hotel at Suvarnabhumi airport from outside Rahaf's room.  Not sure what their next move will be.  Journalists being kept away.

 

 

More

 

[anchadian]

7 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

For the benefit of those that jump in without reading all the posts and all the links referenced in the thread.

 

She apparently had a passport, valid visa and ticketing for Australia.

 

She had planned a stopover in Bangkok so as not to 'raise suspicion' probably at Kuwait departures immigration, about a Saudi woman traveling alone. Accordingly she would have needed to clear Thai Immigration.

 

It appears she may NOT have had a visa for Thailand OR the correct paperwork to get a Thai visa on arrival.

 

She claims that while still airside at Bangkok, someone who promised to get her the proper Thai entry 'took' her passport. The nationality of that person hasn't been stated.

 

Later, she claims her passport was forcefully taken from her.

 

She also claims imprecisely of various males of Saudi, Kuwaiti and Thai nationality involved in her detention.

 

She's either still holed up in the hotel room or she may have been escorted from the hotel room. That's speculative.

 

She apparently is not on the Kuwait flight that just left but that's also speculative.

It appears that all the above paras are 'speculative'.  Confirmation please.  We still await the truth.

Edited January 7, 2019 by anchadian

[Charlie1]

 It's time for the people worldwide to understand that Thailand gives a shit on International Conventions and that Thailand should be treated the same way. Prayuth has promised elections to Merkel and it seems he has been lying again. Time for EU to stop relations with Thailand and for people worlsdwide to start boycotting anything Thai: Restaurants, businesses, tourism, etc. SHARE: #BoycottThai

[sweatalot]

I thought stone age was over.

 

I was wrong

[Charlie1]

Thailand and especially the immigration crooks here have no say in this. She's on a transit to Australia, the govt there has shown her asylum application and wants to grant it to her. And if it's only a family affair, as Surachate says, that's one more reason for him to stay out of it and piss off.

[anon7867763]

1 minute ago, Charlie1 said:

 It's time for the people worldwide to understand that Thailand gives a shit on International Conventions and that Thailand should be treated the same way. Prayuth has promised elections to Merkel and it seems he has been lying again. Time for EU to stop relations with Thailand and for people worlsdwide to start boycotting anything Thai: Restaurants, businesses, tourism, etc. SHARE: #BoycottThai

I see your location is Krabi. Better pack your bags and get the next flight out then ????

[smedly]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

He came back with what seemed to be airport security and said that my parents objected and said I must return to Saudi Arabia via Kuwait Airways," she said.

what is this nonsense, she is an adult it has nothing to do with her family, she can make her own adult decisions

 

There is nothing normal about her treatment in Thailand ???? 

[anchadian]

However, Human Rights Watch Asia deputy director Phil Robertson told the BBC: "It seems that the Thai government is manufacturing a story that she tried to apply for a visa and it was denied... in fact, she had an onward ticket to go to Australia, she didn't want to enter Thailand in the first place."

He argued that the Thai authorities had clearly co-operated with Saudi Arabia as Saudi officials were able to meet the plane when it arrived.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-46777848

[simtemple]

Appalling that in 2019, before the eyes of millions following around the world, a woman is being deported to honour killing with nobody intervening to stop it. The Thai authorities are so far acting in disgusting complicity with Saudi Arabia, they need to be shamed out if it. 1/2 https://t.co/XIkHJVXptK

Craig Murray 

Retired UK Ambassador

[evadgib]

16 minutes ago, Charlie1 said:

 It's time for the people worldwide to understand that Thailand gives a shit on International Conventions and that Thailand should be treated the same way. Prayuth has promised elections to Merkel and it seems he has been lying again. Time for EU to stop relations with Thailand and for people worlsdwide to start boycotting anything Thai: Restaurants, businesses, tourism, etc. SHARE: #BoycottThai

Far too early just yet.

Edited January 7, 2019 by evadgib

[evadgib]

3 minutes ago, simtemple said:

Appalling that in 2019, before the eyes of millions following around the world, a woman is being deported to honour killing with nobody intervening to stop it. The Thai authorities are so far acting in disgusting complicity with Saudi Arabia, they need to be shamed out if it. 1/2 https://t.co/XIkHJVXptK

Craig Murray 

Retired UK Ambassador

He's quite often wrong despite his alleged pedigree.

Edited January 7, 2019 by evadgib