Thread by @ystriyahysteria

“If her family didn’t kill her after she renounced her faith, they couldn’t go around in public after this, so they have to do it. It’s like, ‘If you’re a man you should prove it’. If they don’t kill her they can’t go outside & see other men.”

#SaveRahaf

theguardian.com/world/2019/jan…

“My family is strict and locked me in a room for six months just for cutting my hair,” she said, adding that she was certain she would be imprisoned if sent back. “I’m sure 100% they will kill me as soon as I get out of the Saudi jail".

#SaveRahaf

theguardian.com/world/2019/jan…

“She’s desperately fearful of her family, including her father, a senior government official, and given Saudi Arabia’s long track record of looking the other way in so-called honour violence incidents, her worry she could be killed if returned cannot be discounted”

#SaveRahaf

“She’s ex-Muslim and has a very strict family, they’re using violence with her and she faced sexual harassment. She received a threat from her cousin – he said he wants to see her blood, he wants to kill her."

#SaveRahaf

“She’s an activist, she’s a feminist. There are lots of feminist groups in Saudi Arabia.
They gather online to protect each other, help each other. I saw a woman giving money to shelters, food, donations. Even buying tickets for women escaping.”
#SaveRahaf
theguardian.com/world/2019/jan…