Prince Misha'l Bin Majed Bin Abdul Aziz, Governor of Jeddah, has written to police officials asking them to find the Saudi man who has not registered his children with the Civil Status Department. One of the children suffers from a serious heart condition. All the necessary procedures have been taken to find the father and make him rectify the status of his children, said Brig. Misfer Al-Juaid, a Jeddah Police spokesman. “We sent a fax to the Riyadh Police Department and asked them to inform the father that he had to report to the Jeddah Police, but he did not show up,” he said. “We have put his name on the travel-ban list.” The National Society for Human Rights, Ministry of Social Affairs and Directorate of Health Affairs have all worked to resolve the issue. The story of Ashwaq, one of the children, was published in Okaz Arabic daily recently. She has suffered from a blocked heart valve since childhood and has recently undergone an operation in an attempt to correct the condition. Because Ashwaq and her siblings have not been registered with the Civil Service Department and do not have ID cards, they have been deprived of their legal rights and many other benefits. Ashwaq's financial situation forced her to work as a maid for SR600 per month. “My father crushed our dreams because he deprived us of our rights,” she said. “My sister and I worked as maids for a meager salary.” Dr. Hussein Al-Shareef, supervisor of the NSHR branch in Makkah region, has contacted the Civil Status Department in Riyadh and asked them to find the father and make him register his children. “The police will force him to do so if he does not comply with the orders,” he said. __
