Tag: Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun

Bangkok, Jan 9 : A Saudi woman  who fled her family to avoid forced marriage and refused to leave a Bangkok airport hotel room to avoid deportation was granted refugee status on Wednesday by the UN, her friends and supporters said, clearing the way for an asylum request. The UN refugee agency UNHCR referred her case to Australia for her possible resettlement as a refugee, Australia's Department of Home Affairs said in a statement to CNN. Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, 18, had said she feared her relatives would kill her if she was...