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There have been a few high profile cases of women leaving and trying to get asylum lately, but there's a weird case of two Saudi sisters who were found dead aft
by hugh4life 8y ago
There have been a few high profile cases of women leaving and trying to get asylum lately, but there's a weird case of two Saudi sisters who were found dead after they had tried to claim asylum.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/saudi-sisters-whose-bodies-were-found-bound-together-near-hudson-n961541 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/saudi-sisters-whose-bod...
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-york-crime-sisters-saudi/father-of-saudi-sisters-found-dead-in-new-york-rejects-suicide-finding-idUSKCN1PO23E https://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-york-crime-sisters-sa...
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Tala Farea, 16, and Rotana Farea, 23, who had previously been living in Virginia, were found along the rocky Manhattan shore of the Hudson River with duct tape around their waist and ankles. A New York Police Department official has said they likely entered the water alive and were said to have preferred suicide over returning to Saudi Arabia.
Their mother told detectives the day before the bodies were discovered that the Saudi Embassy in Washington had ordered the family to leave the United States because the daughters had applied for political asylum
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