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Mar 29, 1993 Saudi Arabia 31 years old
Saudi woman who attempted to seek asylum in Australia but was stopped en route in Manila and sent back to Saudi Arabia
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About Dina Ali Lasloom
- Dina Ali Lasloom (Arabic: ???? ??? ???????; born 29 March 1993) is a Saudi woman who attempted to seek asylum in Australia to escape Saudi guardianship laws.
- She was stopped during transit at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila on April 10, 2017, and sent back to Saudi Arabia on April 11, 2017.Lasloom's documents were confiscated by Filipino airport officials in the International Zone.
- Her case spread widely on social media after she recorded a video with the help of Meagan Khan, a Canadian tourist at the Manila airport, in which she said she feared her family would kill her if she returned.
- However, despite physically resisting, she was forcibly taken by her uncles onto a plane to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 11 April 2017.This is a rare documented case in the history of female liberation in Saudi Arabia, bearing many parallels to that of Princess Misha'al. Madawi al-Rasheed, a visiting professor at the London School of Economics Middle East Centre, commented that Lasloom's case is "a classic...
- in which state and family cooperate against women in KSA." Reasons pushing Saudi women to flee their country are various, mostly stemming from a severe lack of women rights.
- Under the Saudi guardianship system adult women must obtain permission from a male guardian to travel abroad, marry, or be released from prison, and may be required to provide guardian consent to work or get health care.
- Furthermore, only recently were women given the right to drive.
- These restrictions last from birth until death, as women are, in the view of the Saudi state, permanent legal minors.Her case has sparked global outrage with millions of sympathizers around the world.
