Secular Café: Sri Lankan maid beheaded in Saudi

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Sri Lankan maid beheaded in Saudi Jan 14th 2013, 16:54 It often seems to happen to foreigners. http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/13/wo...html?hpt=wo_c2 Quote: Human rights groups said Nafeek did not have access to a lawyer during her pretrial interrogation, during which she said she was assaulted and forced to sign a confession under duress. Philip Luther, director of Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa program, said last week that the case shows the Saudis are "woefully out of step ... with their international obligations regarding the use of the death penalty." But of course, Sharia law is god-given and superior to any man-made legal system.

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