She planned to spend a few days in Thailand and continue to Australia, where she had a visa ready and planned to request asylum. But on arrival at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, she was intercepted by a man she identified as Saudi who said he would help her. Instead, he took her passport and brought over Thai immigration officials, who said they would send her back to Kuwait by her family’s request. Early Monday, she recorded a video saying she would not leave her hotel room until she spoke with the United Nations Refugee Agency. She and the rights group Human Rights Watch, which is helping her, posted the video on Twitter.

Source: New York Times January 07, 2019 06:22 UTC