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Saudi Beheadings on the Rise Again
washingtonpost ^ | Saturday, July 14, 2007 | DONNA ABU-NASR

Posted on 07/15/2007 6:56:34 AM PDT by Rome2000

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Rizana Nafeek, a 19-year housemaid from Sri Lanka, is on death row because the baby in her care died while she was bottle-feeding him. If her appeal is turned down, she will be taken to a public square to be publicly beheaded.

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1 posted on 07/15/2007 6:56:35 AM PDT by Rome2000
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To: Rome2000

Saudi maniacs behead teenage girl, nothing to see here, the Saudis are our allies in the WOT.


2 posted on 07/15/2007 6:57:51 AM PDT by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: Rome2000
"The Saudi authorities are flouting an international prohibition on the execution of child offenders by even imposing a death sentence on a defendant who was reportedly 17 at the time of the alleged crime," she said.

The silence is deafening.

Apparently this is supposed to happen this week.

3 posted on 07/15/2007 6:59:54 AM PDT by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: Rome2000

Relax! It’s just a bumpersticker?


4 posted on 07/15/2007 7:02:17 AM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (I buy gas for my SUV with the Carbon Offsets I sell on Ebay!)
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To: Rome2000

Thursday, July 5, 2007

Save Rizana from Beheading

Rizana Nafeek

  • 17 years old Muslim girl from Sri Lanka.
  • Sent to Saudi Arabia as a nanny.
  • She was assigned 10 children to look after.
  • Had to get up 3AM to work until late at night.
  • She has been accused of strangling a four month old infant in Saudi Arabia.
  • She was then sentenced a death penalty of beheading according to the Saudi Arabian High Court.
  • No one knows whether she committed the crime or not.

How you can save her? Please Sign Petitions Below:

Petition 1:

http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/mainfile.php/2007/2463/


Petition 2:

www.petitiononline.com/rizana1


Writer a letter to Riszna’s Employer asking to pardon her to save her life.

http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/support.php?ua=UP-097-2007


The poor girl sent to build a new house for family and good life for her brothers and sisters shouldn't have to die because of a misunderstanding. It is very very possible she did not a crime.

Rizana's Family Rizana's House











Story and pictures are from the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2007/07/070704_saudifeature.shtml



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17 year old teen babysitter is waiting to be executed without a proper trial in Saudi Arabia for death of an infant which she denies responsible. Click the site below to sign the petition. http://saverizana.blogspot.com/ and watch the small video clip here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W0ycles2Oo and post your comments there. Your support will force Saudi government to give her a fair trial and finally her life.
Thank you.
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Latest News:
"The Asian Human Rights Commission is of the view that was has happened is a tragedy and not a crime. At no stage was any allegation made of any animosity between the teenaged helper and the family. If such animosity existed it is very unlikely that a four month old infant would have been handed over to her care."

http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?newsID=1541513238&no_view=1&SEARCH_TERM=11


Death Sentence Draws Near as Maid Waits for Appeal
Sarah Abdullah, Arab News
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=98302&d=9&m=7&y=2007&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom

After Two Years, Lankan Officials Move in Rizana Case
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=98340&d=10&m=7&y=2007
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According to the Asian Human Rights Commission, Nafeek defense is that the child died during bottle-feeding and that she tried to revive the child and called for help. (Accidental death is not a capital crime under Shariah.) Nafeek was found guilty of murder with no legal representation."

July 12: Initial Legal Fees Paid for Filing Sri Lankan Maid Appeal
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=98425&d=13&m=7&y=2007
JEDDAH, 13 July 2007 — As the July 16 deadline to file an appeal in the case of Rizana Nafeek, the 19- year-old Sri Lankan maid accused of strangling a four-month-old Saudi boy, draws near, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has come forward and deposited an initial sum of SR50,000 to begin the appeals process.

July 14:
Sri Lankan housemaid on death row.... http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/14/africa/ME-GEN-Saudi-Beheadings.php
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Speaking of the housemaid's sentence, Kate Allen of Amnesty International called it "an absolute scandal that Saudi Arabia is preparing to behead a teenage girl who didn't even have a lawyer at her trial.""

5 posted on 07/15/2007 7:02:24 AM PDT by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: Rome2000

It is possible the girl did murder the child.


6 posted on 07/15/2007 7:03:36 AM PDT by TheDon (The DemocRAT party is the party of TREASON! Overthrow the terrorist's congress!)
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To: Rome2000

The Religion of Peace:

“Halfway through the reading the executioner suddenly nicks the back of the prisoner’s neck with his sword, causing him to tense and raise his head involuntarily.”

Then, in one swift move, the prisoner is decapitated.


7 posted on 07/15/2007 7:03:59 AM PDT by Recovering Hermit (There's another old saying Senator..."Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining.")
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To: K4Harty

`Appeal` against beheading
Tuesday, 26 June 2007 - 7:35 AM SL Time

Sri Lankan authorities say that it will appeal the ruling against a Sri Lankan house maid by Saudi High Courts.

A spokesman for the Sri Lankan embassy in Saudi Arabia said that it has requested legal assistance from the Sri Lankan foreign employment bureau (SLFEB) in order to appeal on behalf of Rizana Nasik, from Muttur.

Labour Secretary K B G Premadasa speaking to BBC Sandeshaya from Riyadh said that the maid was convicted of strangling a four months old infant.

`The High Court in Daw Admi has sentenced to behead her` he said.

maid 17 years old

19 year old Rizana Nasik `had committed the crime in February 2005 when she was 17 years old,` courts was told.

In January Saudi Arabia beheaded four Sri Lankans despite protests from international human rights organisations.

Minister of foreign employment Keheliya Rambukwella responded by saying, ` those who go to work in foreign countries should abide by the law of the nation`.

Labour to the Middle East is a major contributor towards Sri Lanka`s foreign income.


8 posted on 07/15/2007 7:04:44 AM PDT by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: Recovering Hermit
Another attack on US soil and all bets are off.

The Saudis won't have their buddy Bush around much longer to protect them .

Thompson will bomb them back into the stone age.

9 posted on 07/15/2007 7:07:06 AM PDT by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: TheDon

I agree. Certainly the Saudis have forensic pathologists to determine cause of death, and the amount of force need to strangle versus “stroke” a choking child’s neck. I am suspicious we are not getting the dead baby’s side of the story.


10 posted on 07/15/2007 7:09:19 AM PDT by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: Rome2000

where are all the civil rights groups on this....


11 posted on 07/15/2007 7:10:37 AM PDT by fhlh (Liberal (noun): A person so open minded, their brains have fallen out of their head.)
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To: Rome2000

Just a reminder we scornfully reject EU, Amnesty International, etc objections to our own death penalty. And rightly so even while admitting it is not perfectly applied in every case.

I wouldn’t get on too high a horse about the Saudis and their view of what law is right for their own people.


12 posted on 07/15/2007 7:11:18 AM PDT by tlb
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To: TheDon
It is possible the girl did murder the child.

Thats not the point.

She had no lawyer and was tried in a kangaroo court by a bunch of towel head savages.

They will now cut her head off and the POTUS calls these people allies.

13 posted on 07/15/2007 7:11:22 AM PDT by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: Rome2000
Thompson will bomb them back into the stone age.

I can't wait for that to happen! That land should be taken over to compensate for all the evil that has emanated from therein.

14 posted on 07/15/2007 7:12:55 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: tlb

President George Bush today commented on the recent terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia and efforts to fight terrorists in the kingdom. He once again commended Saudi Arabia for its work with the United States in combating global terrorism. The president was participating in a White House ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the “All-Volunteer Force.”

Regarding Saudi Arabia’s war on terrorism Bush said:
“...are among many governments that understand the threat of terror and are determined to root it out.

“After the terrible attacks in Riyadh on May the 12th, the government of Saudi Arabia has intensified its longstanding efforts against the al Qaeda network. Recently Saudi’s security services apprehended Abu Bakr, believed to be a central figure in the Riyadh bombing, and killed a major al Qaeda operational planner and fundraiser, a man known in terrorist circles as “Swift Sword.”

“Saudi authorities have also uncovered terrorist operations in the holy city of Mecca, demonstrating once again that terrorists hold nothing sacred and have no home in any religion. America and Saudi Arabia face a common terrorist threat, and we appreciate the strong, continuing efforts of the Saudi government in fighting that threat.

“The war on terror also continues in Iraq...”


15 posted on 07/15/2007 7:14:09 AM PDT by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: Rome2000

The House of Saud is the root cause of all Islamic extremism.


16 posted on 07/15/2007 7:14:13 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: Rome2000
"Thompson will bomb them back into the stone age..."

I take it you don't drive to work.

17 posted on 07/15/2007 7:14:14 AM PDT by M. Dodge Thomas (Opinion based on research by an eyewear firm, which surveyed 100 members of a speed dating club.)
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To: Rome2000

So just because these people squat over land that contains oil we let them get away with murder.


18 posted on 07/15/2007 7:15:49 AM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (let no more in - expel those who are here)
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To: Rome2000
Nafeek was found guilty of murder with no legal representation.

This is yet another opportunity for "moderate Muslims" to come forth and denounce what's being done, and what do you hear? (...crickets...) There are no moderate Muslims. Shariah law is what the religion of peace wants to be put in place throughout the world. I see protesters in front of cameras all the time telling us to get out of Iraq, which is the same as telling the US to quit fighting against this view of world domination. Where do these liberals stand on this case?

19 posted on 07/15/2007 7:17:19 AM PDT by econjack
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To: CarrotAndStick
17 of the 19 9/11 hijackers were Saudis, Saudi is the greatest threat we face in the region, but some people let oil interests get in the way of national security.

The right thing to would have been to appropriate Saudi and Iraqi oild fields as reparations for the Kuwait invasion and 9/11.

This is probably what is in store after the Bush dynasty finally leaves.

20 posted on 07/15/2007 7:18:00 AM PDT by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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