A divorced Saudi father living with his 3 children (two girls and a boy) beaten his 5 year old daughter till death because she was not listening to him. The beating happened during the night and the father didn’t know of his daughters death till the next day.

The father is currently in police custody.

Commentary

News like this has been seen a lot in Saudi and many people have started making a big deal about it saying that such acts are foreign to Saudi society. Now such acts are not common but they are not foreign, they have been happening for years. So what changed? a more liberal media that can talk of such news when in the old days such news was not allowed. I also have to say believe this or not this news is good. No I’m not saying the death of the poor child is good, only an inhuman person would say such a sick thing. What I am saying is having such news published makes people aware of the problem and makes fighting it a lot easier instead of acting like it doesn’t exist. I ready a few days ago that the Saudi government has started establishing family abuse centers all around the country, a late step but better late then never.