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> and Interpol had already come calling to her flatmate Is Interpol involved here because it's a possible international missing persons case? Or was it already
by close04 8y ago
> and Interpol had already come calling to her flatmate
Is Interpol involved here because it's a possible international missing persons case? Or was it already a "criminal" investigation based on a warrant issued by Saudi Arabia?
- morpheuskafka 8y agoThis is the part that I was really shocked to see. International law clearly protects the right to leave one's country freely and relocate to any country why one may be lawfully present, as well as the right to receive asylum from oppressive governments.
- ceejayoz 8y agoSure, but they're not going to say she's wanted for leaving the country. They'll flag her as a missing person, or for the theft described in the story: > Creeping barefoot out of the bedroom, al-Mohaimeed gathered her family's credit cards, keys, passports, and, crucially, their phones. This would slow them down, she thought, when they tried to follow her.
- close04 8y agoSure but the Interpol acts in the name of the local authorities. They either treated this as a missing persons case or issued a warrant for her arrest. Either way the timeline in the article suggests something on the order of days. I expect the the incredibly quick reaction time on the part of the Saudi authorities. But the Interpol reacting so fast is truly a wonder. I happen to have it on good authority that it takes them longer than that just to get the car out of the parking lot (crippling bureaucracy sometimes). So was this intervention prioritized for some reason or is the timeline in the article just misleading?
- jaclaz 8y agoTechnically the girl is (was at the time) a minor/underage: >Shahad al-Mohaimeed was 17 when she ran away. so it is possible that they had a case about a minor that escaped her family (or that was kidnapped, etc.).