{"id":154003,"date":"2015-12-01T12:35:45","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T07:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=154003"},"modified":"2015-12-01T13:24:37","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T07:54:37","slug":"saudi-arabia-stop-stoning-sri-lankan-domestic-worker-an-online-petition-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/saudi-arabia-stop-stoning-sri-lankan-domestic-worker-an-online-petition-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia: Stop Stoning Sri Lankan Domestic Worker &#8211; An Online Petition Launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rights activists have launched <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.avaaz.org\/en\/petition\/Saudi_Arabia_Stop_Stoning_Sri_Lankan_Domestic_Worker\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">an online petition<\/span><\/a> urging Saudi authorities to\u00a0pardon the Sri Lankan domestic worker who was sentenced to death by stoning after she admitted committing adultery while working in the Arab kingdom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Stoning.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-154005\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Stoning-300x149.jpg\" alt=\"Stoning\" width=\"300\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Stoning-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Stoning.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The petition said; &#8220;<em>A 45 year old, unnamed Sri Lankan migrant domestic worker and mother of 4 has been sentenced to death by stoning in Saudi Arabia for &#8216;adultery.&#8217; Zina &#8211; that is any sexual relations outside of marriage &#8211; are\u00a0Hudud crimes or &#8216;crimes against God.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The\u00a0man in the alleged relationship who is single has been sentenced to 100\u00a0lashes for &#8216;fornication.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We,\u00a0the undersigned, condemn the death penalty and stoning or flogging, including\u00a0for private sexual relations between consenting adults.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The state must not kill\u00a0people for love.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The\u00a0Saudi authorities must release the two and extradite them to their home country.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.avaaz.org\/en\/petition\/Saudi_Arabia_Stop_Stoning_Sri_Lankan_Domestic_Worker\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a> to sign the petition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":154005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2186,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-featured-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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