Saudi Arabia implements electronic tracking system for women
By Agence France-Presse
Thursday, November 22, 2012 10:54 EST
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RIYADH Denied the right to travel without consent from their male guardians and banned from driving, women in Saudi Arabia are now monitored by an electronic system that tracks any cross-border movements.
Since last week, Saudi womens male guardians began receiving text messages on their phones informing them when women under their custody leave the country, even if they are travelling together.
Manal al-Sherif, who became the symbol of a campaign launched last year urging Saudi women to defy a driving ban, began spreading the information on Twitter, after she was alerted by a couple.
The husband, who was travelling with his wife, received a text message from the immigration authorities informing him that his wife had left the international airport in Riyadh.
The authorities are using technology to monitor women, said columnist Badriya al-Bishr, who criticised the state of slavery under which women are held in the ultra-conservative kingdom.
This says a lot about how extreme islam is. Yet the left seems to be a'ok with it.
but but but the democraps swear it's the Republicans who wage a war on women.. go figure.
so now you equating what happens in a TINY part of the muslim world to democrats being against women? I don't understand this logic? also, did Regan support the abuse of when? cause by your logic, Regan supported osama din laden in the 80's there for he supports the mistreatment of women?