A HIGH Court judge has been asked to come to the aid of a 21-year-old woman who says she has been imprisoned by her father in Saudi Arabia.
Amina al Jeffery – who grew up in Swansea and has dual British and Saudi Arabian nationality – has complained to the Family Division of the High Court in London that her father, Mohammed al Jeffery, locked her up because she “kissed a guy”.
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She had spoken of “metal bars” on her bedroom door and of being a “locked-up girl with a shaved head”, Mr Justice Holman was told.
Mr al Jeffery, an academic in his 60s who moved to Saudi Arabia from South Wales about four years ago, disputes his daughter’s allegations.
Lawyers representing Miss al Jeffery have taken legal action in London in a bid to protect her. They have asked Mr Justice Holman to look at ways of helping Miss al Jeffery.
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The judge is analysing the case at a public hearing – in the Family Division of the High Court in London – likely to end later this week.
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