RIYADH – Absher, a mobile application developed by the Saudi Arabia’sgovernment to allow men to track their wives’ movements, has beendownloaded more than a million times, Daily Maillink reported.
The application is available on both the Google and iTunes store. Apple andGoogle are being accused of helping “enforce gender apartheid” in SaudiArabia.
The app allows Saudi men to track where women can go, for how long andwhich airports they are allowed to go.
The men will get an alert if a woman leaves a certain area.
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“Apple and Google have rules against apps that facilitate threats andharassment. Apps like this one can facilitate human rights abuses,including discrimination against women,” Rothna Begum a Middle Eastresearcher for Human Rights Watch told The Insiderlink.
