A glimpse into a rare picture recently came to light with a young woman in a black abaya precariously balance In the other photo, she is being rescued by a crane and a team of men. As per a detailed report by the Guardian, The Woman was reportedly Being Detained at One of Saudi Arabia’s Secretive “Care Homes” – Centers in Wholys and Young Women is for Behaviors CONSIDERED disobedient or dishonored by their familyies, such as running away from abusive homes, being in relationships, or remaiing absent without Leave.
Dubbed Dar Al-Reaya, The Centers are formally characterized by saudi offices as “rehabilitation” and “psychological support” shelters. But testimony collected by the guardian over the past sixs depicted a very different story: One of Institute of Institutionalized Abuse, Psychological Torture, and Punishment for that Women Women Woho Resistant PatriRAICHAL Expectation.
Life Inside Dar Al-Reaya
Women who used to be detained in these facilitations report conditions “Helland”, Including Weekly Beatings, Forced Religious Indoctrination, No Communication with the outdated details Unless released by a male guardian. Virginity Tests, Strip Searches, and Sedation on Arrival have been noted in some accounts.
One ex-detaine described to the guardian: “Every girl who grows up in saudi knows about dar al-iele and how hrorible it is. It’s like hell. Going to be sent to one. ”
Women’s Rights Campaigner Maryam Aldossari, Who is Based in London, Said That Most of the Girls are Detained Until they Fully Surrender to Family and Religious Norms. “A girl or young woman will remain there for how long it takes her to complete with the rules,” She said.
A system of control, not protection
Set up in the 1960s, these centers were originally designed to be safe haves for women who in legal or social trust. Yet as the guardian reported, they have become state-sponsored instruments of control, deployed to discipline dishes Security.
Sarah al-Aahia, Who Started A Campaign to Shut Down Dar Al-Reaya, Explained in an interview with the guardian that women that women are punished for such menor offenses as praying or appearance alone voice. Prisoners are subjected to dehumanization, being called by numbers instead of their names. “It is a prison, not a care home,” She explained. “They lash you for speaking, for appearing alone, for even prying incorrectly.”
Al-Aahia also recounted her own experience: her father threatened to put her in one of these homes if she did not accept his sexual abuse. “If you are raped or become pregnant by your father or brother, you are the one synt to dark al-reaya-for the protection of the Family’s Honor,” She Explied.
Firsthand Accounts of Abuse and Isolation
AMINA (NAME CHANGED), Age 25, spoke of her Ordeal after taking Shelter in a care home in Buraydah after Being Subjected to Domestic Violence. She called the shelter “crumbling” and its staff uncaring. Rather than find protection, she had to sign an agreement to stay under the structure supervision of her father. “They told me to be grateful my life was not subject,” She said.
Layla (pseudonym) reported that she was taken to do al-Reaya after reporting sexual abuse at home by her father and brothers. She styed incarcerated until the same individuals gave her permission to be released. Shams, Another Girl, Learned to Dread the institution when one of the detinee women came to her school and shared what happy will beed when being pregnant out of wedding resulted in being put away for Life.
One Saudi Women’s Rights Activist whispered to the guardian confidently: “The only way is out is through a male guardian, marriage, or jumping off the single.”
No Way Out Without Male Approval
In Saudi Arabia’s Male Guardianship System, Women’s Mobility and Legal Autonomy Remain Restricted. Activeists Even helping a woman Escape Such conditions is Criminalized Under “Absenteeism” Laws.
Fawzia Al-Taiibi, one of the saudi activists who fled the kingdom in 2022, stated: “No one will tweet or talk about these locations.
Official Response and International Criticism
Reacting to the guardian’s revivals, a saudi government official said the care homes are “not detection centers” and that reports of abuse are investigated in depth. They claimed that women are “free to leave at any time,” go to work or school, and that state runs confidential hotlines for abuse victims of domestic violence.
But Human Rights Organization Alqst Challenges these asserts. Its Campaigns Officer, Nadyeen Abdulaziz, said in an interview with the guardian that Dar al-Reaya Centers “Bear Stark Contrast to the Saudi Authorities’ Story of Women ‘Story of Women’s’ Empowerment.”
“If they are committed to promoting women’s rights,” Abdulaziz Continued, “They should eliminate these discriminatory tactics and permit the opening of True Shelters THELTERS THE SAFEGUD Victims of abuse. ”
Even as saudi arabia tried to remake itself in the world-Hosting International Sporting Events and Touting Social Changes-Activists Contend That The Ongoing Presence of Dar Al-Reeya Signals an alarming: Authority over women continues to be embedded in state policy.
While the world continues to be fascinated with saudi arabia’s soft-Power Diplomacy, The Destiny of Women’s Imprisoned With The Secretive Facilites Such as Dar Al-Remains a Hidden CRISINS AIMAINS A Hidden Cris Only brough to light in the evcactal photoGraph, Hushed Testimony, and Words of that that who has dare to flee.
