Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry has compiled a series of guidelines for citizens wishing to travel abroad following a series of incidents in which Saudis traveling overseas ran into trouble with local authorities. “Do not treat your children harshly,” is among the ministry’s instructions, along with guidelines on avoiding claims of sexual harassment and abuse. Among the instructions issued by the ministry:
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“Do not treat your children harshly or kiss them on the mouth in public places in order to avoid having legal action taken against you on grounds of mistreatment. The family may even lose custody over the child.”
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“If a domestic dispute reaches the security authorities, the one who caused it will be punished, even if the other side backs down from the case, so take care to limit family disputes inside the family framework.”
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“Don’t carry personal documents belonging to other people, including your wife, in order to avoid being accused of holding someone else’s documents and stealing them.”
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“Avoid flattering or showing admiration to people you don’t know, because this behavior could be understood as sexual harassment which is a crime.”
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