Saudi Arabia: Death penalty

Index Number: MDE 23/027/2007
Date Published: 10 July 2007
Categories: Middle East And North Africa, Saudi Arabia

Halemma Nissa Cader, (f) Sri Lankan national, Naushad, her husbandd and Indian national, and KMS Bandaranaike (m) Sri Lankan national have been sentenced to death for their part in an armed robbery, during which they allegedly killed a woman at her home in Jeddah, in November 2005. They have had no legal assistance at any time, even during trial and are believed to have confessed under duress.