Saudi Arabia: Kuwati woman arrested for attempting to drive father to hospital

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Kuwaiti woman arrested for driving in Saudi Arabia: report
ReutersReuters ? 5 hours ago

KUWAIT (Reuters) - A Kuwaiti woman was arrested in Saudi Arabia for trying to drive her father to hospital, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported on Sunday, a week after Saudi women protested against a ban on female drivers...

...The English language Kuwait Times said the woman was driving in an area just over the border, with her father in the passenger seat, when she was stopped by police. Kuwaitis and Saudi locals regularly cross the border and communities living along the frontier are often a mix of people from both countries.

The woman, who said her diabetic father could not drive and needed to be taken to hospital for treatment, is being held in custody pending an investigation, the paper said, citing police...

 

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Re: Saudi Arabia: Kuwati woman arrested for attempting to drive father to hospital

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Page were girls wearing Sa?ekayan garment الشماغ to bypass checkpoints


Saudi foreign driver Bazzi (Photo: Sami Yousuf)
11/05/2013 - ISSUE 702

Riyadh - Nayef Al Hamri

Resorted girls had visits to created drivers of foreign uniforms Saudi component of the dress and الشماغ and sensible to bypass checkpoints, and escape from the inspectors of the Ministry of Labour.

attributed the girls' reasons for the lack of drivers walks on because of the campaign corrective to the conditions of employment violation, and the deportation of a large number.
said Siham Al-Qahtani told ?Middle ?A number of her colleagues Thaaln at checkpoints during Zhabhen to the university through the created the driver uniforms Saudi Arabia to look its body like a Saudi, in addition to ride one of them in the front seat, as if one of my relatives, and thus beyond the checkpoints, which stop labor violation that do not carry licenses valid for driving .

It showed Qahtani to clamp down by the authorities concerned on the drivers of foreigners has led to rising prices 100% over the past week, and exceeded the taxi journey per SR 1000 from the house to the university, she said, noting that a number of girls have had recourse to contract with one driver, causing Takhirhen dates for the Go to business and the university, adding that the percentage of Saudi girls of not less than 60% they took to entice drivers of foreign money in order to Tusihin on time, rather than waiting until إركاب colleagues others to them.
referred to have been correct conditions 50 % of the taxi drivers, and foreigners of whom make up 90%, while representing only 10% of Saudis, what kind of confusing to some owners of taxi companies, to get a severe shortage of drivers due to the corrective campaign.

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