Police released the brother of Hanan Al-Shahri, the Saudi woman who set herself ablaze and died last month when her uncle and brother refused to allow her to marry.
As the Human Rights Association moved Monday to pursue the case, Al-Shahri's uncle was still in police custody. Police said he will remain in their custody for further questioning.
“The association has moved to pursue the case after the publication of reports and is preparing to issue a press statement about the case,” said Ali Al-Shaabi, a supervisor for the Human Rights Association in Asir.
The association was unable to communicate with the mother of the victim because she moved to Bisha city in the Asir region, according to Al-Shaabi.
In reports published Sunday, police did not give details of the incident of the allegedly battered woman who was found burned in the kitchen of her family home.
The victim was prevented by her brother and uncle from marrying a man of her choice. This allegedly led her to commit suicide by setting herself on fire.
The girl, who was a student at the Faculty of Education in Bisha, faced harsh treatment from her brother after her father’s death. He most recently rejected the marriage proposal of a young man who had had paid a dowry to her uncle.
The woman drank gasoline and set herself on fire. She died a day after being brought to Mahil Asir hospital, according to a relative of the victim, who asked not to be identified.
Brother of girl who killed herself released
