In an interview with NPR, Apple CEO Tim Cook said he will investigate the usage of an app available in the company's App Store that tracks and restricts the travel of women in Saudi Arabia.
The app, called Absher, which is also available in the Google Play Store, allows male Saudi citizens to list 'dependents' using a name and passport number, granting that guardian the ability to both track a woman's movement, and limit where they can go and how long they can stay in any one place.
Absher users are then given an alert if any of the parameters set within the app are broken allowing a guardian to interdict.
In an interview with NPR , Apple CEO, Tim Cook, said he will investigate the usage of an app available in the company's App Store that tracks and restricts the travel of women in Saudi Arabia. File photo
While Cook said he wasn't aware of the existence of the app, he told NPR that Apple would investigate the matter.
Awareness surrounding the existence of Absher has led to calls from both human rights groups and politicians to remove it entirely from the app store.
Among the critics is Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon.
'...American companies should not enable or facilitate the Saudi government's patriarchy," said Wyden in an open letter.
'By permitting the app in your respective stores, your companies are making it easier for Saudi men to control their family members from the convenience of their smartphones and restrict their movement.'
In Saudi Arabia, on top of severe restrictions on where and when women are allowed to travel, they must also receive the permission of a male guardian when they get married and when they take a job with a private company.
The country's treatment of women in particular has attracted the attention of human rights groups including Human Rights Watch, a nonprofit and nongovernmental watchdog organization.
According to a February blog post, numerous escape attempts from women in Saudi Arabia have been documented by the group throughout the years.
According to the Interior Ministry, Absher platforms for businesses and individuals has over 11 million users. File photo
Though some were successful, other efforts have been felled by governments with unwelcoming asylum laws.
'While many women fleeing Saudi Arabia expect to face difficulties on their journey, particularly attempts by Saudi authorities to interdict and return them against their will,' states the post.
'They do not expect supposedly safe countries with developed asylum systems to stop and return them back over suspicions they will make an asylum claim.'
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The app, called Absher, which is also available in the Google Play Store, allows male Saudi citizens...
It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.
Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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