2002 Mecca girls' school fire
On March 11, 2002, a fire at a girls' school in Mecca, Saudi Arabia killed fifteen people, all young girls. The event was especially notable due to complaints that Saudi Arabia's "religious police" (aka the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice) stopped schoolgirls from leaving the burning building and hindered rescue workers because the girls were not wearing correct Islamic dress, and possibly for not being escorted by a male. As Hanny Megally, Executive Director of the Middle East and North Africa division of Human Rights Watch put it, "Women and girls may have died unnecessarily because of extreme interpretations of the Islamic dress code. State authorities with direct and indirect responsibility for this tragedy must be held accountable."
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2002 Mecca girls' school fire
On March 11, 2002, a fire at a girls' school in Mecca, Saudi Arabia killed fifteen people, all young girls. The event was especially notable due to complaints that Saudi Arabia's "religious police" (aka the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice) stopped schoolgirls from leaving the burning building and hindered rescue workers because the girls were not wearing correct Islamic dress, and possibly for not being escorted by a male. As Hanny Megally, Executive Director of the Middle East and North Africa division of Human Rights Watch put it, "Women and girls may have died unnecessarily because of extreme interpretations of the Islamic dress code. State authorities with direct and indirect responsibility for this tragedy must be held accountable."
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Location of Makkah Region in Saudi Arabia
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Bij een brand in een meisjessc ...... pte, Guinee, Niger en Nigeria.
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L’incendie d'une école de fill ...... Nord » de Human Rights Watch :
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On March 11, 2002, a fire at a ...... edy must be held accountable."
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حريق المدرسة المتوسطة رقم 31 ل ...... ودية في المدرسة، وإصابة آخرين.
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2002 Mecca girls' school fire
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Brand in meisjesschool te Mekka
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Incendie d'une école de filles à La Mecque en 2002
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حريق مدرسة البنات في مكة 2002
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