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Divorce Court

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In Saudi Arabia, an appellate court has upheld a lower court ruling forcing a married couple to divorce against their will. The family of the woman filed suit to dissolve the marriage, saying her husband's lineage was not prestigious enough. After the lower court ruled in the family's favor, the woman refused to return to her family, and she was imprisoned, since Saudi law requires females to live with their families until marriage.