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SAUDI ARABIA/INDIA/SRI LANKA: Death sentence of two Sri Lankan and one Indian in Saudi Arabia

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that two Sri Lankans and one Indian were sentenced to death by the High Court of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on 11 June 2007....

UPDATE (Saudi Arabia/Sri Lanka): Sri Lankan government seeks clemency for three Sri Lankans in Saudi Arabia 

[RE: UP-167-2005: SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: A season’s appeal for intervention in the case of the three Sri Lankans facing death sentence; UP-43-2005: Questions remain in Sri Lanka’s willingness ...

SAUDI ARABIA/PAKISTAN: Victim of rape sentenced to prison then forcibly deported 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the plight of a young woman (whose parents are Pakistani) who was raped in her country of birth, Saudi Arabia, and then s...

UPDATE (Saudi Arabia/Sri Lanka): Renewed plea for commuting the death sentence of Sri Lankan men to the new King of Saudi Arabia 

[RE: UP-43-2005: SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: Questions remain in Sri Lanka’s willingness to save three of its citizens; UP-39-2005: Three Sri Lankans face imminent execution in Saudi Arabia; UP-38-2...

UPDATE (Saudi Arabia/Sri Lanka): Amnesty International appeals Saudi king to commute death sentences of the three Sri Lankan men 

[RE: UP-43-2005: SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: Questions remain in Sri Lanka’s willingness to save three of its citizens; UP-39-2005: Three Sri Lankans face imminent execution in Saudi Arabia; UP-38-2...

SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: Questions remain in Sri Lanka’s willingness to save three of its citizens 

[RE: UP-39-2005: SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: Three Sri Lankans face imminent execution in Saudi Arabia; UP-38-2005: SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: Please send a letter to the King of Saudi Arabia urging his inte...

UPDATE (Saudi Arabia/Sri Lanka): Three Sri Lankans face imminent execution in Saudi Arabia

[RE: UP-38-2005: SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: Please send a letter to the King of Saudi Arabia urging his intervention to commute the death sentence of three Sri Lankans; UP-34-2005: Death sentence for t...

SAUDI ARABIA/ SRI LANKA: Death sentence to migrant worker requires urgent intervention by the Sri Lankan government 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to inform you of an incredibly urgent situation regarding regarding migrant worker, Mr. Edirisinghe Jayasooriyage Victor Corea, a Sri Lank...