Couple forced to divorce is Saudi Arabia
More backasswardness from the Saudis!
Saudi couple forced to divorce by an Islamic court have called for more international pressure to reunite them after Saudi authorities failed to fulfill a pledge to a U.N. body to do so.Fatima Azzaz and Mansour al-Timani were forced to separate in 2006 after her brothers persuaded judges her husband’s tribal stock was not prestigious enough.
It is one of a series of cases that have drawn international criticism of human rights in Saudi Arabia, a key U.S. ally and the world’s top oil exporter.
Yakin Erturk, the U.N.’s expert on violence against women, said during a visit to Riyadh in February that authorities had promised to allow the couple to reunite.
“Our case has not been resolved yet … I cannot get justice in my country, the United Nations could not get me justice, I turn to Allah and to the world to ask for this injustice to be brought to an end,” Timani told Reuters late on Saturday.