After the mystery surrounding the death of the two Saudi sisters, whose bodies were found in an apartment in Sydney months ago, fears are growing among Saudi women living in Australia.
Network stated “BBC“The death of the two sisters, Amal and Esraa, terrified and destroyed some Saudi women in Australia.
Safaa, an activist and artist who requested that her first name only be revealed, says that many Saudi women are worried following this incident.
She told the BBC: “The Saudi authorities and families can still pose a danger to women fleeing, even if they reach abroad.”
She refers to the story of Dina Ali Lasloom, who arrived in the Philippines in 2017 before her relatives forced her to return to Saudi Arabia. Nothing has been heard from her since.
Since Isra and Amal have managed to leave Saudi Arabia, Safaa finds it very difficult to believe that the two sisters killed themselves in Sydney – the city they have lived in for five years.
She adds that most of the Saudi asylum seekers in the city knew regarding them before contact with them was cut off six months ago.
“It’s clear that something really went wrong for them, and they became increasingly afraid and isolated.”
newspaper revealedThe GuardianOn the 4th of August, Australian police were investigating whether one or both of the two Saudi sisters who were found dead in Sydney feared persecution in their countries because of their homosexuality.
The newspaper reported that the two sisters attended an event for lesbian girls last January, where they told their acquaintances there that lesbian women live in fear in Saudi Arabia.
The authorities found the two Saudi girls, Isra Abdullah Al-Sahli, 24, and her sister, Amal, 23, dead, each in their beds, in early June, without signs of violence or a break-in to their apartment in Canterbury, southwest of Sydney.
The newspaper confirms that regarding 75 Saudi women have obtained permanent protection visas in Australia during the past five years.
An Australian website revealed, on Tuesday, new details in the mysterious death of two Saudi sisters in their Sydney apartment, including the motive behind their quest for asylum.
Both have applied for asylum in Australia, news.com.au reported on Tuesday.
A person linked to the case told ABC that the sisters believed they were being followed by a private investigator, while the manager of their apartment building said they had expressed concern regarding someone “tampering” with her food following ordering an Uber food delivery service.
The website reported that the two sisters’ application for permanent protection visas had already been rejected.
According to a source familiar with the application, one of the sisters had applied on the grounds that she was a lesbian, while the other indicated that she was an atheist.
He also stated that one of them was “running away from a forced marriage”.
And an episode on ABC channel, Sunday, revealed that “cross necklaces” were found in their apartment, and neighbors noticed a “stranger” hanging out in the hallway, while the two sisters expressed their fear that the takeaway they ordered had been “tampered.”