The king appointed the daughters' half-brother to monitor them and document any request for them to leave the palace, provided that it is subject to strict restrictions and was for the purpose of purchases only.
[5] The Sunday Times newspaper sent the full details of the allegations of the two sisters and their mother to the Saudi embassy in London without receiving a response from them, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights also conveyed the letter of Al Anoud to Rashida Mango, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, to take the necessary measures.
[6] According to The New Yorker,[7] Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was long considered a relatively progressive monarch, having allowed a series of women’s-rights initiatives.
At the time of his death in January 2015, his daughters had already been held in captivity nearly fifteen years, in heavily guarded buildings facing but cordoned off from escape via the Red Sea.
The Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights claims it is only able to seek “information and clarifications from concerned parties” in cases of alleged abuses.