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    Saudi Woman Seeks Asylum, Fears Family Will Kill Her

    Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun's real-time Twitter pleas for help go viral as she begs for refugee status, citing domestic abuse. Thai lawyers have filed an injunction to prevent her deportation.
    by Matthew S. Schwartz Jan 07, 2019 3 minutes

    Updated at 10:25 a.m. ET

    Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun says Thai authorities have returned her passport to her, giving new hope to the 18-year-old Saudi who barricaded herself in a Bangkok hotel room as she posted pleas for asylum over the weekend. Alqunun says her family has abused her and might kill her if she is deported.

    The new development played out as Alqunun's father arrived in Thailand, setting off concerns that she might be forced to return to Saudi Arabia.

    "My father just arrived," on Monday,

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