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EXCEPT SHOWING CONDEMNED GIRL TO HER PARENTS SAUDI ARABIA HAS SO FAR PROMISED NO OTHER MERCY TO RIZANABy Walter JayawardhanaOnly the parents of Rizana Nazik an underage Sri Lanka girl condemned
to die by an executioners sword in Saudi Arabia were allowed to
visit the prisoner in a jail of the desert kingdom on July 22 Sunday
by the Saudi Arabian government, Sri Lankan embassy sources in Saudi
Arabia said. So far, no high Saudi government official has met the delegation, to
discuss the condemned girls matter with the Sri Lanka delegation.
The Ambassador for Sri Lanka, Adam M.J. Sadeek told BBCs Sinhalese
service Sandeshaya before the delegation leaves next Wednesday for Sri
Lanka the parents, Mr.M. S. Sulthan and Mrs. S. A. Razeena will be given
another chance of meeting with the condemned prisoner . He said Hussein Bhaila was scheduled to meet the lawyers representing
the girl and hired by the Asian Human Rights Commission on Monday. The Sri Lankan delegation are also scheduled to meet the Imams of the
Jeddah and Mecca mosques to request them to intervene in their appeal
for clemency for the girl. Sri Lankas Jammiyathul Ulama Representative
Moulavi M. B. M. Zarook will assist in the discussions with them. Rizanas
Saudi Arabian master Naif Jiziyan Khalif Al Otaibi has so far refused
to show mercy on the poor girl , which is necessary to obtain a pardon
for her. The delegation is expecting the good offices of the Imams will
prevail upon him to achieve that purpose. Ambassador Adam M.J. Sadeek said he met the lawyers last Wednesday
and they assured him that there is no danger on the life of the girl
after the filing of the appeal. Asian Human Rights Commission has said that the four months old infant
of the Saudi Arabian master of Rizana has died accidentally while bottle
feeding of the baby by the Sri Lanka maid due to chocking and the Saudi
Police has obtained a confession under duress stating the maid murdered
the infant by strangulation . The three judge Sharia Court without providing
an interpreter and without asking any questions from the accused sentenced
her to die in a public square after being beheaded by an executioners
sword despite the fact that she was 17 years old at the time of the
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