Teenage Tabuk girl escapes from father’s enforced marriage

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – A 17-year-old girl has lodged a complaint with a Tabuk court against her father, whom she claims had married her off to a 60-year-old man without her consent. She alleged the witnesses who signed the marriage contract also did not get her consent. The girl, Noura, is now demanding her marriage be annulled to protect her from any harm. Noura said she refused her father’s