CAIRO: According to the Arabic language daily newspaper, Kabar, a Saudi man decided to lock up his teenage daughter as a form of punishment. The girl is now a 36 year-old woman. Police deny any apparent problems, however, the paper quoted neighbors and human rights activists as confirming the woman is still confined to her room in the eastern province of Qatif. “Neighbors and human rights sources said the girl was apparently subject to family punishment and violence and was locked up in her bedroom when she was a teen ager,” Kabar reported. “They confirmed the girl is still confined to her room and is not allowed out…the sources urged authorities to immediately intervene and free the girl as she has been deprived of education and all other needs in life.” “What this father has done is totally unjustified and cruel…perhaps he is suffering from mental problems given the fact that he has not yet realized the consequences of this act against his own daughter all these years,” said Alia Al Fareed, a member of the Saudi Human rights Commission in the eastern area. BM ShortURL: http://goo.gl/isY9S Tags: Girl, In Bedroom, Locked, Saudi Section: Gulf, Human Rights, Latest News, Saudi Arabia, Women