Updated at 10:30 p.m. ET
Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, the 18-year-old Saudi woman who barricaded herself in a Bangkok hotel room as she posted pleas for asylum over the weekend, will be allowed to stay in Thailand for up to a week while U.N. refugee agency officials study her case, according to Thai authorities.
Alqunun says her family in Saudi Arabia has abused her and might kill her if she is deported back home.
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