Saudi Arabia: Affront to Justice: Who are the people being execiuted in Saudi Arabia? Case Sheet: Siti Zainab Binit Duhri Rupa

Index Number: MDE 23/032/2008
Date Published: 2 October 2008
Categories: Saudi Arabia

Siti Zainab Binti Duhri Rupa, a mother of two, has been detained in Medina Prison in Saudi Arabia since 1999. A migrant domestic worker, she allegedly confessed to the murder of her employer during police interrogation. She was convicted and sentenced to death. In this case sheet Amnesty International calls on the Saudi Arabian authorities to commute her death sentence and to ensure that she is given full access to legal representation, translation facilities and medical assistance if necessary.