Sri Lankan ambassador visits foreign worker sentenced to death for Facebook post in Saudi Arabia - Sri Lankan legal team files clemency appeal on behalf of Anojan Sivarasa ...

Update October 21, 2026: On October 14, 2026, Arun Hemachandra, Sri Lanka's deputy foreign minister, announced that the Saudi Supreme Court had "set aside the judgment imposing the death penalty on ...

Saudi Arabia’s authorities must urgently overturn the death sentence issued against a migrant worker on charges of “blasphemy”, said Amnesty International today. The organization is calling on Saudi ...

Politicians across party lines have joined the family of a young Sri Lankan Tamil migrant in seeking a pardon for him from a death sentence in Saudi Arabia over a social media post allegedly amounting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "I plead for mercy for the wrongs committed by my son. Please forgive him and send him back to us." Speaking through tears, ...

Amanuel wakes up each day not knowing if it will be his last. A rap at his cell door could mean his time is up; no farewell call, no last meal. Executions in Saudi Arabia often arrive without warning.