'Don't send us to our death' Saudi sisters beg Turkey
Two sisters from Saudi Arabia are fighting deportation from Turkey, where they fled violence back home, but the court order still stands.
A pair of Saudi sisters is struggling to reverse a Turkish court's decision to deport them saying they would face certain violence back home. The case has received little attention either in Turkey or abroad. But Turkey’s mass circulation daily Hurriyet splashed their story on its front page today together with a photograph of the wan-looking brunettes. The Turkish headline read, “Don’t send us to our death.”
Ashwaq Hamoud, 30, and Areej Hamoud, 28, said they left the kingdom in late February, fleeing physical abuse from male family members. The violence ranged from beatings to being locked in their room and denied food, Hurriyet reported. But a Turkish court has rejected pleas that their deportation order be overturned.
