Two runaway Saudi sisters have urged Apple and Google to pull an “inhuman” app allowing men to monitor and control female relatives’ travel
The al-Subaie sisters, who stole their father’s phone to get themselves passports and authorization to fly to Istanbul, said they knew of dozens of other young women who were looking to escape abusive families.Absher or insisted that it allows women to organize travel independently“If remove this application, maybe the government will do something,” Wafa told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in an interview.
United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Wednesday that she had asked tech companies in Silicon Valley “tough questions” this month about the “threats” posed by apps like Absher which allow Saudi men to restrict women’s movement. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has introduced reforms, such as lifting the driving ban for women, and indicated last year that he favored ending the guardianship system. But he hasWestern criticism of the kingdom has sharpened with the trial of 11 women activists who said last month that they had been tortured while in detention on charges related to human rights work and contacts with foreign journalists and diplomats.
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