How a Saudi Arabian child bride who fled to Australia for safety has DISAPPEARED overseas after 'a group of men arrived at her house and escorted her onto a plane'

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A erstwhile kid bride who was beaten and raped by her hubby successful Saudi Arabia thought she was yet safe successful Australia, until a pack of men arrived successful a Mercedes and dragged her backmost to nan airport.

Lolita was forced to wed erstwhile she was 11, had her first kid astatine 13, and lived a life of maltreatment and intersexual servitude until she yet managed to flight to Melbourne successful astir 2020.

She made a friend, Ali - a Sudanese motortruck driver who grew up successful Saudi Arabia - who put her successful touch pinch lawyer Alison Battisson to thief her lodge a protection visa exertion successful June 2022.

Her lawsuit was based connected nan truth that she fled utmost unit astatine location nether Saudi guardianship laws, which fundamentally authorities that women are nan spot of their father, husband, aliases closest antheral relative.

The section rejected nan declare successful December, truthful she applied to person her lawsuit reviewed successful nan Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

In August, Ms Battisson was shocked erstwhile she sewage an email backmost from nan AAT saying it was not capable to reappraisal Lolita's lawsuit because she was nary longer successful nan country.

After months trying to way her down, Ms Battisson yet recovered retired a group of men had arrived astatine Lolita's location past May and told her to battalion a container because they were taking her backmost to Saudi Arabia.

The lawsuit is eerily akin to young Saudi sisters Asra and Amaal Alsehli who were recovered dormant successful their portion successful Canterbury, successful Sydney's south-west, successful 2022. They had besides fled to Australia, and spent their last months terrified they were being followed.

Lolita was forced to wed erstwhile she was 11, had her first kid astatine 13, and lived a life of maltreatment and intersexual servitude until she yet managed to flight to Melbourne successful astir 2020

Officials ruled their deaths were nan consequence of a termination pact, but Ms Battisson told Daily Mail Australia that group successful nan Saudi organization judge they were murdered.

Ali told The Australian Lolita called him erstwhile nan men arrived astatine her location connected May 23, 2023.

'They want to unit me. They want to return maine to nan airport. They told maine to battalion my bags. Please help! I don't want to spell back. I don't want to spell back,' she screamed.

He raced to her location and saw a achromatic Mercedes outside. He told nan publication nan men threatened him and had accusation astir him that only nan Saudi embassy successful Canberra would know.

Ali went to nan airdrome successful nan dream he would beryllium capable to intercept them and origin a segment to get information involved, but location was nary motion of her. No 1 successful Australia has seen Lolita since.

Flight records bespeak personification called Hanan Safeeral­deen near nan state 4 days later, connected May 27, but airdrome information footage from that clip has since been destroyed and location are nary records of who bought nan ticket, aliases who she was sitting adjacent to.

Hanan is nan sanction of Lolita's half-sister, who died successful a car mishap erstwhile she was a child. Lolita was forced to return connected Hanan's personality because her dormant sister was documented successful Saudi Arabia, whereas Lolita's wasn't.

Pictured: Amaal Abdullah Alsehli, 23. Her assemblage was recovered connected June 7, 2022, successful her Canterbury apartment

Pictured: Asra Abdullah Alsehli, 24. She and her sister were recovered dormant successful Sydney's south-west

Her passport has Hanan's sanction and says she is 41. 

Records from Ummul Al Qura University successful Mecca, Saudi Arabia, state Hanan Safeeral­deen graduated pinch a  bachelors grade successful societal services.

She now prefers to spell by her birthname, Lolita. She told Ali that she is 32 and has 3 children. Her oldest is simply a 19-year-old son.

Lolita was agleam and bubbly, she was supporting herself pinch a catering job, and her favourite point astir Australia was that she was responsible for herself and could make decisions astir her ain life - successful a measurement she ne'er could successful Saudi Arabia.

Ms Battisson told Daily Mail Australia she had assumed Lolita was dormant aft nan kidnapping, but has since received confirmation that she is live and has been pushing nan Australian authorities to rumor a humanitarian visa.

She believes Lolita has either been locked successful a situation compartment for defying nan guardianship laws, aliases she has been released backmost into nan custody of her husband.

'One of nan reasons I'm concerned and pushing nan Australian authorities for a visa is because each time she's successful a Saudi situation is different time wherever she risks bonzer maltreatment aliases death,' Ms Battisson said.

'I deliberation location is really a clip imperative for a determination connected her visa to springiness her immoderate consular assistance.'

She said nan visa would springiness a morganatic logic for either herself, aliases personification from nan Australian consulate aliases nan Department of Foreign Affairs, to pass pinch her and supply assistance. 

Alison Battisson (pictured) has been trying to get a visa for Lolita truthful she tin beryllium brought backmost to Australia

'It would beryllium difficult to find her, but I person this interest she's been returned to her hubby against her will and has a consciousness that she's been forgotten about, aliases near to rot wrong immoderate situation because she dared to effort and unrecorded successful a safe country,' Ms Battisson said.

'I deliberation we tin do amended than that successful Australia.' 

Ms Battisson has tried to lobby nan authorities complete overseas interference - astatine nan very least, she would for illustration women who fly convulsive business and activity asylum successful Australia to spell onto a watch list.

When she reported overseas interference to various authorities bodies, she said nary 1 seemed surprised. 

'There person been instances successful Australia and different countries of Saudi Arabian women being targeted for return and killed, and what really gets maine is that it's preventable,' she said.

'If her sanction had been placed connected an airdrome watchlist for Saudi Arabian women successful danger, there's a anticipation that this tin beryllium stopped.'

The Attorney-General's office, which oversees nan Australian Federal Police, told Daily Mail Australia it could not remark connected this case.

Home Affairs, nan Department of Foreign Affairs, and nan Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia successful Canberra has besides been contacted.

Do you cognize more? Email charlotte.karp@mailonline.com 

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