[URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20469486[/URL]
[QUOTE][B]A discovery that Saudi male guardians are automatically getting text messages about cross-border movements of female dependants has caused a Twitter uproar.[/B]
"Hello Taliban, herewith some tips from the Saudi e-government!" read one post, while another suggested microchips.
Attention was drawn to the system when a man travelling with his wife got an alert as they left Riyadh airport.
Saudi women are denied the right to travel without their guardian's consent and are also banned from driving.
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Reform attempts
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Saudi men earlier had the option of requesting alert messages about their dependants' cross-border movement, but it appears that since last week such notifications are being sent automatically.
Some Twitter users have mocked the move, suggesting also the use of microchips and ankle bracelets to track women.
Another tweet read: "If I need an SMS to let me know my wife is leaving Saudi Arabia, then I'm either married to the wrong woman or need a psychiatrist."
The text alerts are part of an electronic passport system launched by the Saudi authorities last year.
The government argues that e-passports make it easier for citizens to deal with their travel arrangements "without having to visit the passport office".
Saudi Arabia remains a deeply conservative country, however King Abdullah has recently introduced some cautious political and social reforms.
In September 2011, he announced that women would be given the right to vote and run in future municipal elections.
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I understand not letting women drive, but tracking them like a pet is too much.
Edit: Women cant drive joke. I don't support limiting the rights of an individual for no good reason
[QUOTE=hiimpaul123;38594985]I understand not letting women drive, but tracking them like a pet is too much.[/QUOTE]
What?
[QUOTE=hiimpaul123;38594985]I understand not letting women drive, but tracking them like a pet is too much.[/QUOTE]
It's for the greater good, this way they can stop them before they take a one way road by the wrong side.
[editline]26th November 2012[/editline]
Also remember people, we endorse this country.
This is why I chain my women. No need for tracking systems when they can't leave the kitchen.
[QUOTE=hiimpaul123;38594985]I understand not letting women drive, but tracking them like a pet is too much.
Edit: Women cant drive joke. I don't support limiting the rights of an individual for no good reason[/QUOTE]
Oh i thought you were serious my bad lol
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