Saudi Arabia -- the only country in the world where women are not allowed to drive motor vehicles -- has now implemented a new tracking system that electronically notifies their male guardians with texts when Saudi women cross the border, the Newser website reports today (November 25, 2012).
Women cannot leave Saudi Arabia unless their male guardians sign them out at an airport or the border.
News of the electronic tracking of women leaving Saudi Arabia has sparked a backlash on Twitter.
"This is technology used to serve backwardness in order to keep women imprisoned," wrote columnist Badriya al-Bashir, slamming the "state of slavery under which women are held."
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