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    Three Migrant Workers on Death Row Released

    Three Indonesian migrant workers facing death penalty in Saudi Arabia had been freed by the authority following forgiveness granted by the victims’ families. Other than being pardoned, the three workers were not found guilty to have committed the murder as accused.


    Head of the National Agency for the Placement and Protection of Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI), Jumhur Hidayat, said that Bayanah binti Banhawi, 29, Jamilah binti Abidin Rofi’i a.k.a Juariyah binti Idin Rofi’i, and Neneng Sunengsih Binti Mamih, 34, will be flying home today, Tuesday, Dec 27.


    Bayanah will be accompanied by the Head of Migrant Worker Task Force, Maftuh Basyuni, during her flight aboard a Saudi Airlines SV 822 from King Khalid International Airport.


    “The BNP2TKI officers have contacted Bayanah’s family in Tangerang since Monday, December 26, to come to pick her up together at the airport. From there, Bayanah will then be transported home,” Jumhur said in his written statement to VIVAnews, today.


    Jamilah Binti Abidin Rofi’i, from Cianjur, West Java, will be sent home on December 28 from King Abdul Azis International Airport, Jeddah.


    Neneng Sunengsih Binti Mamih, from Sukabumi, West Java, will be sent home within 1-2 weeks from Riyadh, because her exit permit is still under process.


    Bayanah was accused to have murdered her employer’s 4-year old child when she accidentally splashed the child with hot water from the water tap when she was about to change the child’s diapers. Bayanah received pardon and was fined 55 thousand real. The fine has been paid by the Indonesian Embassy in Saudi Arabia.


    Jamilah was accused to have killed her employer, Salim al Ruqi, 80. Because of weak evidence, she then received pardon from the family in front of King Abdullah, without having to pay any fine.


    Meanwhile, Neneng was accused to have murdered her employer’s 4-months old baby after she fed the baby with milk. Neneng was imprisoned in Al Jouf, Riyadh for a while. Since the accusation is not proven, she was released without having to pay any fine.


    Jumhur said that currently the Migrant Worker Task Force is working on Burhanuddin Jusuf Habibie’s mission to free Tuti Tursilawati of Majalengka, who is also facing a death penalty.

    http://us.en.vivanews.com/news/read/...h-row-released

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    Tweeter faces death penalty

    The Malaysian authorities must release Hamza Kashgari and not forcibly return him to Saudi Arabia, where he faces risk of execution for his Tweets about the Prophet Mohammed, Amnesty International said.

    He was arrested at Kuala Lumpur’s airport Thursday morning and taken away by two plain-clothed men. Amnesty International called on the authorities to reveal his whereabouts, and ensure his access to lawyers. The Malaysian authorities have not charged Kashgari with any recognisable criminal offense.

    Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Middle East and North Africa. Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui said: “Hamza Kashgari faces imminent risk of forcible return to Saudi Arabia where he could be executed if his statements are deemed to amount to apostas.”

    “Amnesty International considers Hamza Kashgari a prisoner of conscience since he is being detained in Malaysia for peacefully exercising his right to freedom of expression and calls for his immediate and unconditional release.”

    Hamza Kashgari, who was born in 1989, left Saudi Arabia on 6 February amid death threats after prominent clerics accused him of apostasy following statements he had posted on Twitter which they deemed to be insulting towards the Prophet Mohammed.

    Saudi Arabia applies the death penalty for apostasy.

    On 7 February, Saudi Arabia’s king reportedly called on the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Interior to arrest Hamza Kashgari and hold him accountable for the statements he made.

    Hamza Kashgari arrived in Kuala Lumpur on 7 February, and was arrested two days later as was trying to continue his journey to New Zealand.

    Media reports have stated that the Malaysian Home Minister confirmed they had arrested him and were in contact with the Saudi Arabian authorities about their next course of action.

    Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui said: “Saudi Arabian authorities must revoke the request to arrest Hamza Kashgari for exercising his right to freedom of expression, and drop any requests to Malaysia for him to be handed over on this basis,”

    “If the Malaysian authorities hand over Hamza Kashgari to Saudi Arabia, they could end up complicit in any violations he suffers.”

    Amnesty International said that the Malaysian authorities repress freedom of expression through jail terms and fines, but they do not carry out executions for peaceful exercise of freedom of expression.

    http://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/952...death_penalty/

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    Malaysia deports Saudi blogger over tweets

    Malaysia deported a Saudi Arabian blogger on Sunday, police said, despite fears voiced by human rights groups that he could face execution in his home country over Twitter comments he made that were deemed insulting to the Prophet Mohammad.

    Hamza Kashgari, a 23-year-old columnist, sparked outrage in the oil-rich kingdom with comments posted on the Prophet's birthday a week ago that led some Islamic clerics to call for him to face the death penalty.

    Kashgari fled the country, but was arrested by police in majority-Muslim Malaysia on Thursday as he transited through Kuala Lumpur international airport.

    "The Saudi writer was repatriated to his home country this Sunday morning," a police spokesman told Reuters. "This is an internal Saudi matter that we cannot comment on."

    Malaysia has a close affinity with many Middle Eastern nations through their shared religion. The Southeast Asian nation is also a U.S. ally and a leading global voice for moderate Islam, meaning that the decision to extradite Kashgari is certain to be controversial.

    "Saudi clerics have already made up their mind that Kashgari is an apostate who must face punishment," Christoph Wilcke, senior Middle East researcher at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement on Friday.

    "The Malaysian government should not be complicit in sealing Kashgari's fate by sending him back."

    Kashgari's lawyer in Malaysia, Mohammad Noor, told Reuters by telephone that he had obtained a court order to prevent the deportation, but had not been allowed to see his client.

    "If the government of Malaysia deports him to Saudi Arabia, disrespecting the court order, this is clearly contempt of court, unlawful and unacceptable," he said.

    The Star newspaper quoted Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein as saying that Kashgari had been repatriated and that the charges against him would be decided by Saudi authorities.

    "Malaysia has a longstanding arrangement by which individuals wanted by one country are extradited when detained by the other," he was quoted as saying.

    Blasphemy is a crime punishable by execution under Saudi Arabia's strict interpretation of Islamic sharia law. It is not a capital crime in Malaysia.

    Reuters could not verify Kashgari's comments because he later deleted them, but media reported that one of them reflected his contradictory views of the Prophet - that he both loved and hated him.

    Kashgari later said in an interview that he was being made a "scapegoat for a larger conflict" over his comments.

    http://www.arabianbusiness.com/malay...ts-444877.html

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    Death row convict escapes

    By ABHA: ARAB NEWS

    Published: Mar 13, 2012 00:23 Updated: Mar 13, 2012 00:23

    A 25-year-old Saudi prisoner who was on death row at the general prison in the southern city of Abha after he was convicted of murder has escaped, local Arabic daily Al-Madinah reported yesterday.

    Spokesman of the Directorate of Prisons Col. Ayoub bin Nahait said security forces in the region were put on alert searching for the escapee. He said the prisoner was sentenced to death in a murder case.

    According to the spokesman, the prisoner used a sharp tool to cut the iron bars of the window of his cell.

    He said a security committee of officials was established to investigate the case and fix responsibility. "Anyone found helping the convict escape or messing with prison rules will be severely punished," he warned.

    http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article586773.ece
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    Saudi journalist facing the death penalty for his tweets reportedly to be released

    Hamza Kashgari, a journalist deported from Malaysia back to his native Saudi Arabia, where he was wanted on charges of apostasy, is reportedly expected to be freed in the coming weeks.

    Kashgari had posted a series of poetic tweets, sharing an imaginary conversation he was having with the Prophet Mohammed. The tweets were deemed blasphemous, prompting a severe backlash, with over 30,000 responses and a Facebook page calling for his execution.

    Kashgari deleted the tweets, apologising repeatedly, but to no avail. He fled to Malaysia, with the intention of seeking asylum in New Zealand, but was deported home, where he faced charges of apostasy, which is punishable by death in Saudi Arabia.

    Upon his return, Kashgari was detained, with some reports emerging that he had repented for his tweets. Reports of his repentance in a Riyadh court have now begun to surface, with Saudi blogger Ahmed Al Omran confirming it, adding that he is expected to be released in the coming weeks.

    Al Omran writes:

    "Human rights activist Souad al-Shammary tweeted that a Sharia court in the capital has ratified his repentance in the presence of his family, and that he showed his regret over what he has written about the Prophet."

    Several tweets and reports in Saudi daily newspapers have emerged with news of his repentance, and UAE-based Emirates 24/7 reports that Kashgari will face a “light sentence.”

    http://www.faithfreedom.org/features...o-be-released/

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    Filipino spared from death penalty in Saudi

    After tirelessly campaigning on Facebook for his freedom, a Filipino worker on a death row in Saudi Arabia will finally be free, Migrante Middle East announced on Thursday.

    Rogelio “Dondon” Lanuza has “confirmed that the reconciliation team headed by former Amb. Antonio Villamor…have succeeded in convincing the aggrieved family to accept the blood money.”

    http://globalnation.inquirer.net/326...nalty-in-saudi
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    Sri Lankan woman faces beheading on witchcraft charge

    Saudi Arabian authorities may order execution of woman after man reported her for casting a spell on his daughter


    A Sri Lankan woman could face the death penalty by beheading after she was arrested on suspicion of casting a spell on a 13-year-old girl during a family shopping trip, a police spokesman said on Wednesday. The daily Okaz reported that a Saudi man had complained his daughter had "suddenly started acting in an abnormal way, and that happened after she came close to the Sri Lankan woman" in a shopping mall in the port city of Jeddah.

    "He reported her to the security forces, asking for her arrest and the specialised units dealt with the situation swiftly and succeeded in arresting her," Okaz reported.

    Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy that has no written criminal code and where court rulings are based on judges' interpretation of Islamic sharia law.

    "The punishment is always beheading for anyone found guilty of witchcraft," a Saudi lawyer and human rights activist, Waleed Abu al-Khair, told Reuters.

    In December, Amnesty International condemned the beheading of a woman in Saudi Arabia convicted on charges of "sorcery and witchcraft," saying it underlined the urgent need to end executions in the kingdom.

    Amnesty said the execution was the second of its kind last year. A Sudanese national was beheaded in the Saudi city of Medina in September after being convicted on sorcery charges, according to the London-based group.


    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012...?newsfeed=true
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    Witchcraft and the Death Penalty in Saudi Arabia

    Recently, a Sri Lankan woman was arrested by Saudi authorities for witchcraft. A man accused this woman of casting a spell on a 13 year old girl during a family shopping trip. He complained to the police that the girl ‘started acting in an abnormal way’ after a close contact with the woman in a shopping mall in the port city of Jeddah. According to news reports, the accused woman is currently in police custody in Saudi Arabia. If pressure is not brought on Saudi authorities to spare the life of this ‘innocent’ woman, she may be executed by beheading any moment from now.

    In Saudi Arabia, witchcraft is a crime punishable by death. Last year, Saudi authorities beheaded two people, a Sudanese man and a Saudi woman, for practicing witchcraft. It is not clear how the judicial system in the country defines the crime of witchcraft or justifies it as a harmful practice punishable by death. It is difficult to understand how Saudi courts try and convict people for witchcraft offence.

    Definitely such procedures fall short of international standards. I am so eager to know on what ground the government of Saudi Arabia continues to allow the execution of persons who allegedly committed the ‘crime’. I understand that Saudi Arabia has no written criminal code. So there is nothing like the ‘letter of the law’ in terms of witchcraft crime. Rulings are based on the judges’ interpretation of sharia law. Judgments are issued based on the faith, beliefs and mentality of judges.

    Witchcraft is an imaginary crime that should not be associated with the penal code of any country in this 21st century. There is no evidence at all that some people have supernatural powers and can harm others by magical means. Witchcraft is a belief which people, out of fear and ignorance, associate with harm, evil and misfortune. And the criminal offence of witchcraft is a painful legacy of this primitive and lingering fear and superstition. It still beats my imagination that a country like Saudi Arabia still recognizes witchcraft as a crime, and in fact goes to the extent of beheading people for committing the ‘offence’. I am literally stunned by the criminal silence of states and the international community over the terror of witch hunting in places like Saudi Arabia

    There is no justification for witchcraft, sorcery or casting spell as a crime. The term, witchcraft, begs for an evidence based definition and categorization. The crime of witchcraft does not actually refer to any action that can be concretely proven or demonstrated. And due to lack of proper definition and justiciability, enlightened societies decriminalized witchcraft. And Saudi Arabia should follow sooth without delay.

    Meanwhile, in this case, the burden of proof lies with the accuser-the man- who should actually be arrested and be made to convince the court, beyond any reasonable doubt, that the abnormal behavior of the girl was as a result of a spell- and in this case the woman’s spell and not something else. In fact it is the man, not the Sri Lankan woman, who has a case to answer.
    So this case actually presents the Saudi authorities with an opportunity to come out with a landmark judgment and bring an end to the scourge of witch hunting in the country. But will Saudi Arabia seize this opportunity?

    Anyone who is acquainted with the legal history of Europe knows that the region went through this process which led the continent to end witch hunting and removed witchcraft from its criminal code.

    Saudi Arabia should learn from the ‘dark’ history of Europe and stop wasting its judicial resources by trying and entertaining witchcraft criminal cases. The Saudi authorities should stop wasting innocent lives by beheading persons accused of committing the ‘chimeric crime’ of witchcraft.

    Instead the government should try and enlighten its citizens so that they stop associating witchcraft with any evil act or abnormal behaviour.

    The government of Saudi Arabia should be told in very clears terms to spare the life of this Sri Lankan woman and end immediately the state sponsored witch hunting going on in the country. The government should put in place the necessary legal and judicial reforms to forestall this embarrassing development in the future. Incidentally many countries in Africa and around the world look up to Saudi Arabia as a model in terms of law, politics, religion and governance. Many Islamic theocracies and republics around the world copy and imitate the legal precedents in Saudi Arabia in terms of interpreting the sharia law. What happens in Saudi Arabia has enormous impact on what goes on in many communities and countries in the world.

    So stopping witch hunting in Saudi Arabia is critical to ending this violent campaign in Africa and in other parts of the globe. More so, the government of Saudi Arabia is one of the backers of democratic changes and reforms- also known as the Arab Spring- in North Africa and the Middle East. Saudi Arabia cannot be supporting progressive changes in other countries while sitting on and condoning unjust, oppressive and murderous systems at home. Saudi Arabia cannot be supporting the respect for human rights and the rule of law in other countries while denying its people- and others- the same.

    Hence, I am urging the UN, EU and other relevant agencies to speak out against witch hunting in the Saudi Kingdom. The US and other Western nations should, in spite of their strategic, economic, trade and oil interests pressure the Saudi authorities to abandon this interpretation of sharia law being employed by local authorities to justify the arrest, prosecution and execution of persons in the name of witchcraft and sorcery.
    Leo Igwe sent this piece from Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies, Germany.

    http://www.foroyaa.gm/modules/news/a...p?storyid=9677
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    I wonder what would happen to a Saudi who claimed to have been abducted and probed by aliens?
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    Especially if the aliens had multiple heads!!! : )

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