Saudi Arabia Implements Electronic Tracking System For Women

Posted by timothy on Thursday November 22, 2012 @10:11AM from the our-friends-in-the-middle-east dept.

dsinc writes "Denied the right to travel without consent from their male guardians and banned from driving, women in Saudi Arabia are now monitored by an electronic system that tracks any cross-border movements. Since last week, Saudi women's male guardians began receiving text messages on their phones informing them when women under their custody leave the country, even if they are travelling together. 'The authorities are using technology to monitor women,' said columnist Badriya al-Bishr, who criticised the 'state of slavery under which women are held' in the ultra-conservative kingdom. Women are not allowed to leave the kingdom without permission from their male guardian, who must give his consent by signing what is known as the 'yellow sheet' at the airport or border."

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Re:Apartheid by tsa · 2012-11-22 10:33 · Score: 4, Funny

I guess we will buy more oil from them in the future. That'll teach them a lesson!

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you know, if this happened in the west... by TheGratefulNet · 2012-11-22 10:57 · Score: 4, Funny

it could actually start a ...
pussy riot!
(what? WHAT?? someone had to say it!)

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Re:Saudi Arabia by styrotech · 2012-11-22 11:38 · Score: 5, Funny

That's great, but what do you think the ashfelt that you cycle on is made of?
If I had to guess, I'd say ash and felt?
Re:to the men of Saudi Arabia by sageres · 2012-11-22 13:57 · Score: 5, Funny

You are very courageous behind that keyboard, young master.
Next time tell this to a Saudi man in a face.