Saffaa helps young Saudi women who have fled to Australia, but didn't hear about sisters Asra and Amaal until it was too late. She says no one in the community believes their deaths were suicide:
Saffaa, NSW Police
The Saudi and Australian citizen lives in Camperdown, only a 12-minute drive from the Canterbury apartment whereAsra Abdullah Alsehli, 24, and her 23-year-old sister Amaal are believed to have been dead for some time before being discovered.Saffaa, whose artist name is Ms Saffaa, with one of her works, titled ‘I am my own guardian’.
If these women were on my radar ... maybe I could have connected them to an organisation or someone who could have helped.Police have previously said the sisters arrived in Australia in 2017. SBS News has confirmed the sisters were seeking asylum in Australia but the reasons for their asylum claim remain unknown. The Department of Home Affairs previously told SBS News it does not comment on individual cases.
Saffaa said she had seen unsubstantiated claims on Saudi social media alleging the women were part of a network that helped women escape Saudi Arabia. “When news came out, people in the community asked me to contact the police and [police] weren’t helpful. They were dismissive. I called for days trying to offer the community’s help, but there was no call back. It wasn’t a good experience.”
“It is not very clear from police and from what we have been hearing and reading in news reports, what had happened. And I understand investigations take time, but we're all just sitting here waiting for a conclusive toxicology report, meanwhile, we are worried, feeling unsafe, trying to make sense of this whole thing. It doesn't make sense to any of us.”"I don't think it was suicide.
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