Teen Sri Lankan housemaid on death row highlights surge in Saudi executions

Sunday, July 15, 2007

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Rizana Nafeek, a 19-year-old housemaid from Sri Lanka, is on death row because the baby in her care died while she was bottle-feeding him. If her appeal is turned down, she will taken to a public square to be publicly beheaded.

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