Loabeege varugadha hanguraama eh In Yemeni House of Hope, Huda Al-Niran turns suicidal Social media activists have propelled the story of Huda Al-Niran to the glare of public attention once again. The story of the Saudi woman who defied her family to marry her lover captured the interest of Arab and International media outlets sparking a debate among the Saudi public. Al-Niran crossed over to Yemen illegally with the man of her dreams, Arafat Al-Qadi, without her family’s approval, highlighting the issue of Saudi women rejecting grooms chosen by their parents. After a year of deliberations and court sessions, the couple were taken into custody on charges of Al-Niran’s illegal entry into Yemen. However, the court has not issued a verdict as Al-Niran has pleaded with them to let her stay in Yemen with Arafat. According to media reports, the sensitive nature of the case has led judges to abstain from issuing a verdict, which could mean that she’ll never be allowed to marry the man of her dreams. The issue had made it to back to the headlines of Yemeni newspapers following reports about Al-Niran’s alarming mental and emotional condition. Al-Niran is currently living in Dar Al-Amal (House of Hope) in Yemen where fellow residents say she is suffering from severe depression. “Her compulsory stay in the house has gone for so long that she has become suicidal,” Taghreed, a resident tweeted. The managers of the womens home were able to prevent Al-Niran from swallowing a large quantity of a fatal drug, eyewitness were quoted as saying by the press. The authorities have now isolated Al-Niran and put her under close watch for her own safety, said other residents, explaining that her deteriorating physiological conditions could either lead her to kill herself by a drug overdose or through the use of a sharp object. “She is not the same person anymore. Her face is pale and gaunt and she is very weak as she refuses to eat,” Taghreed continued. She added that Al-Niran is forced to eat once a day. “Her only wish is to be freed from the house so she can marry the man she loves,” she said. Al-Niran’s lawyer Abdul Raqib Al-Qadi said that her confinement at the House of Hope is against international laws which grant expats seeking asylum in a foreign country the right to move freely. No one except the lawyer is allowed to visit her. “Since the Yemeni government has granted Al-Niran asylum, it has the right to take the necessary measures to protect her during her stay in Yemen,” the lawyer explained.
Posted on: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 22:48:57 +0000
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