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US activist at ‘risk of death penalty’ in custody battle with Saudi father, rights group says
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An American activist who escaped Saudi Arabia in 2019 is at risk of being forced to send her daughter back to the kingdom by a US court because of an ongoing custody dispute.
Human Rights Watch, which took the unusual step of submitting an amicus brief in the family dispute, has warned that the 36-year-old mother would face a “serious risk of corporal punishment, lengthy imprisonment, and the death penalty” if she were to return to Saudi Arabia to accompany her daughter, if the court ruled to send Zaina back.
Carly Morris, a native of California, returned to the US weeks ago after years of being held captive in the kingdom by her ex-husband, but was forced to leave her eight-year-old daughter, Tala, behind following a custody dispute.
Both Americans’ cases reveal how Saudi Arabia’s laws treat women and foreigners in child custody fights, where fathers are the default guardians of their children.
The fake relationship, she told the Guardian, lasted for months until she could regain his trust and get his permission to leave the kingdom with her daughter for a trip back home to the US.
After arguing that the Saudi custody laws and male guardianship violated her human rights, a lower court ruled in Alhaidari’s favor.
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