Women in Saudi Arabia are now subject under a new electronic tracking system that sends text messages to their husbands if they ever attempt to leave the country. This is according to an Agence France-Press report that talks about how the system was first implemented last week. Apparently, women in Saudi Arabia cannot be allowed to leave the country without a husband's permission. And so a so-called "yellow sheet" needs to be signed first, by the husband, before women are allowed to perform any cross-border activities.
What Else You Need To Know
- The text messages are sent to husbands by the Saudi immigration agency whenever wives or dependents attempt to fly out of the King Khaled International Airport.
- The yellow sheets or signed permission slips still need to be signed even if a woman is flying out of the airport with the husband himself.
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Saudi Arabia is a notoriously repressive country.- John Koetsier, Venture Beat
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