Twitter has been taken by the latest story of the two Saudi sisters who used the social media platform to appeal for international protection after they fled the conservative Kingdom.
Identified as Maha al-Subaie, 28 and Wafa al-Subaie, 25, the two sisters launched a Twitter account named “@GeorgiaSisters” where they have been posting videos and photos from Georgia appealing for human rights organizations and women rights activists to help in protecting them.
In one video, Maha and Wafa appear saying they are trapped in an airport in Georgia after the Saudi government has “canceled” their passports pleading for help as their lives saying their lives will be threatened if they returned to their country.
Fleeing oppression and with the Saudi discriminatory laws, the two sisters have fled their family during a holiday in Sri Lanka and they are now worried they would be forcibly sent home.
On hashtag #SaudSistersRescue, the two sisters have received massive support from Twitter users crowding for the rescue of the sisters.
We are Saudi sisters, my name is Maha and my sister Wafa. We are in danger. We need your support to deliver our voice. We want protection. We want a country to welcomes us and protects our rights. Please help us. Saudi government has canceled our passports. We are now in Georgia pic.twitter.com/aWdGtB8sE2
— georgia sisters (@GeorgiaSisters) April 17, 2019
Maha and Wafa are not the first, with Saudi runaways stories have been on the rise in the past few months after the Rahaf Qanun story and the Saudi young girl who fled family to Thailand and was rescued by human rights organizations and granted asylum to Canada.
