Two Saudi sisters who were stranded in Hong Kong for six months after fleeing their family have reached a third country, their lawyer said
HONG KONG—Two Saudi sisters who were stranded in Hong Kong for six months after fleeing their what they said was an oppressive family have been safely resettled in a third country, their lawyer said.
The two women, who in Hong Kong went by the aliases Reem, 20 years old, and Rawan, 18, left the city late last week after being granted emergency humanitarian visas, said the lawyer, Michael Vidler. He said he wouldn’t disclose which country the women were being resettled in, for their safety.
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