More than 45 domestic workers (PRT) from various countries were awaiting execution in Saudi Arabia. Indonesian workers referred to as the scorer.

More than 45 domestic workers (PRT) from various countries were awaiting execution in Saudi Arabia. Indonesian workers referred to as the scorer.



The prisoners were put to death, including a domestic worker who was convicted of beating to death her employer when her employer allegedly tried to rape her.

Last Wednesday, the Saudi authorities ignored international appeals and beheaded Sri Lankan domestic worker named Rizana Nafeek, 24 years. He was convicted of murdering her employer's baby even though she declared her innocence.

These groups believe human rights of domestic workers from Indonesia is the most awaiting execution. In addition there are citizens of Sri Lanka, the Philippines, India and Ethiopia.

The activists said most of the 1.5 million migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, of whom around 375,000 Sri Lankans, attracted to the country because of the prospect of working in a wealthy family but they also faced exploitation and abuse. It can include many months of hard work without pay to physical violence. They got a very weak legal protection. Their access to lawyers, translators and embassies often blocked.

Activists Human Rights Watch (HRW), Nisha Varia, told The Observer, "the Saudi justice system marred arbitrary arrests, unfair trials and harsh punishment. A domestic worker who suffered abuse or exploitation of the employer may be able to escape but then charged with theft. employer can allege domestic workers, primarily from Indonesia, had a shaman. Victims of rape and sexual abuse are at risk to be accused of adultery and fornication. "

The human rights group said 69 people were executed in Saudi Arabia last year and 79 the year before, including five women, one of whom was beheaded for allegedly got ihir and quack science.

Amnesty International researcher Saudi Arabia, Dina El-Mamoun, said the warning related to increased number of migrant workers who were sentenced to death. So far more than 120 foreigners were known to be under sentence of death. He said migrant workers in Saudi Arabia are at great risk if they end up in the criminal justice system. He added that the countries of origin of the workers should advise their citizens about the 'risks are very real and deadly' it.

Mamoun said, "In many cases they undergo a series of trials in which they did not understand the process, which is entirely in Arabic, and without translation. They are often not given access to consular assistance."

Prisoners sentenced to death and are awaiting execution, among others Tuti Tursilawati bint Warjuki, 27, from Indonesia. He faces execution for killing her employer in 2010 when his employer was alleged to have tried to rape her. Supporters Tuti says he was tortured him since arriving in the country a year earlier. Siti Zainab, also from Indonesia, has been sentenced to death after being convicted in 1999 for stabbing to death her female employer. He confessed to the murder, but the authorities seem to ignore concerns about his mental health. Indonesian domestic workers, viz Satinah Jumadi bint Ahmad, 40, was arrested in 2007 for killing her female employer. The Indonesian government is ready to pay compensation amounting to Rp 24 billion demanded her family to save Satinah.

The Sri Lankan government has opposed the execution of Rizana Nafeek he was beheaded in public last week. Nafeek was sentenced to death in 2007. In 2005 smajikan men accused him of strangling the baby four month after a dispute with the boy's mother. His family and human rights groups have repeatedly appealed to King Abdullah to pardon Nafeek, who declared his innocence and said the baby chokes to death while being bottle-fed.

Supporters say the age of the girl who used it on a passport to enter the country modified in 2005 so that he could get a job. According to his birth certificate, he was 17 years old when the baby died.

Nafeek says, he was tortured to confess and translation services are not available to him. Amnesty said the girl did not have good access to a lawyer during pre-trial interrogation or at her trial in 2007.

Philip Luther, Amnesty program director for the Middle East and North Africa, said before the execution, "It seems that he himself was a child at the time and there was concern about the trial justice."