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Sri Lankans in Saudi Arabia
In Saudi Arabian Human Rights Commission Takes up the Case of Rizana Nafeek, Walter Jayawardhana discusses the issue of Sri Lanka not intervening on behalf of its citizens awaiting the death penalty in Saudi Arabia. The article notes that Sri Lanka signed the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and, therefore, should be able to respond to a consular notification by Saudi authorities.
The article does not explain, however, whether Saudi authorities notified the Sri Lankan consul under the treaty before proceeding with criminal prosecutions. Five persons including a young girl whose inexperience in child care resulted in the death of an infant, are said to have been sentenced to death by beheading, Lankaweb reports. -- Clemens Kochinke, Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, LLP, Washington.
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