Bahrain government urged to help women abandoned by their husbands
Habib Toumi; 9/7/08
A group of women abandoned by their husbands have called on Bahrain’s decision-makers to help put an end to their “abominable suffering”. The women held a rally in front of the justice and Islamic affairs ministry to press for their demands to have the courts decide without further procrastination on their fate after their husbands deserted them but without divorcing them. Under the law, the women are still married to husbands whom they did not meet or see for years, a fact that prevents them from starting new lives.
See: http://www.gulfnews.com/news/gulf/bahrain/10227424.html