{"id":72743,"date":"2013-02-06T13:43:51","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T13:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=72743"},"modified":"2013-02-13T22:53:13","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T22:53:13","slug":"received-money-transferred-to-mother-of-sudeshkar-need-more-money-to-save-sudeshkar-ahrc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/received-money-transferred-to-mother-of-sudeshkar-need-more-money-to-save-sudeshkar-ahrc\/","title":{"rendered":"Received Money Transferred To Mother Of Sudeshkar; Need More Money To Save Sudeshkar &#8211; AHRC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Asian+Human+Rights+Commission&amp;x=13&amp;y=-1\">AHRC<\/a><\/span>\u00a0&#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Asian Human Rights Commission has received many responses from concerned persons in several countries regarding the appeal we made on behalf of Mr. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Wengadasalam+Sudeshkar&amp;x=8&amp;y=3\">Wengadasalam Sudeshkar<\/a><\/span>. Several persons have indicated to us that they are contacting friends and well-wishers to assist in the saving of this young man&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_72745\" style=\"width: 166px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/received-money-transferred-to-mother-of-sudeshkar-need-more-money-to-save-sudeshkar-ahrc\/sudeshkar\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-72745\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72745\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72745\" title=\"Sudeshkar\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Sudeshkar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"126\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-72745\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sudeshkar<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Asian Human Rights Commission has so far been able to transmit to the mother of Sudeshkar Rs. 400,000\/= which is around US$ 3,167. The total amount required is US$ 28,000.<\/p>\n<p>We are reissuing the appeal together with the bank details for transmission of any assistance and urge that as time available is short that contributions are made on an urgent basis.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/seeking-financial-aid-to-save-a-sri-lankan-from-execution-in-qatar\/\">WORLD: Seeking financial aid to save 22-year-old Mr. Wengadasalam Sudeshkar from execution in Qatar<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) informed the public in Sri Lanka and abroad about the possibility of yet another person being beheaded in the Middle East like the earlier incident of Ms. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Rizana+Nafeek&amp;x=9&amp;y=2\">Rizana Nafeek<\/a><\/span>. Mr. Wengadasalam Sudeshkar was sentenced to death on December 31, 2012. At the time of the incident that caused an unintentional death, for which Sudeshkar was tried, he was 20 years and six months of age.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_72746\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/received-money-transferred-to-mother-of-sudeshkar-need-more-money-to-save-sudeshkar-ahrc\/sudeshkars-mother\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-72746\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72746\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72746\" title=\"Sudeshkar's mother\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Sudeshkars-mother.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-72746\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sudeshkar<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After negotiations held by the Sudeshkar&#8217;s relatives, with the family of the deceased, the deceased&#8217;s family expressed their willingness to enter into a settlement on the case, given the circumstances of the incident that led to the death of their family member. According to the law prevailing in Qatar, it is permissible to arrive at such a settlement on the basis of the payment of what is known as &#8216;blood money&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The sum that has been agreed upon is Rs. 3.5 Million, which amounts to US$ 28,000 (QAR 100,000).<\/p>\n<p>The AHRC has earlier published the letters written to His Excellency President Mahinda Rajapaksa and to the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment. Despite making these urgent requests it has not been possible to get any response from the Sri Lankan authorities guaranteeing assistance to make this payment.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Wengadasalam Sudeshkar comes from a very poor family living Kala Eliya, Sri Lanka. His mother has appealed for support to rescue her son, stating that the family is not in a position to provide this &#8216;blood money&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>After publication of the appeals made to the Sri Lankan President, the AHRC has received many responses requesting that under these circumstances the only practical course of action available is to make a public appeal for the collection of this sum in order to save the life of this young man who faces the imminent threat of execution.<\/p>\n<p>Under these circumstances, the AHRC is launching this fund raising campaign to raise the necessary sum to support the family of Mr. Wengadasalam Sudeshkar to enable them to take the necessary steps to rescue their son.<\/p>\n<p>We are urging everyone to support this call with the view to avoid another tragedy like that of Ms. Rizana Nafeek. As a gesture of the AHRC&#8217;s own commitment, it will contribute initially US$ 3,000.00 for this fund. We are calling upon all persons of good will to contribute generously for this purpose. The AHRC undertakes to be responsible for all issues relating to accountability for all monies received.<\/p>\n<p>The following account has been opened for the specific purpose of this fund. The account bearer, the Asian Legal Resource Centre is a sister organisation of the AHRC.<\/p>\n<p>Bank information of Asian Legal Resource Centre Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>Name of the Bank: Hang Seng Bank Ltd.<br \/>\nAddress of the Bank:<br \/>\nHankow Road Branch<br \/>\n4 Hankow Road<br \/>\nTsim Sha Tsui<br \/>\nKowloon, Hong Kong<br \/>\nSwift code: HASEHKHH<br \/>\nAccount no.: 295-8-710341\u00a0 (Multi Currency Saving Account)<br \/>\nAccount holder:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Asian Legal Resource Centre Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>Kindly inform us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ahrc@ahrc.asia\" target=\"_blank\">ahrc@ahrc.asia<\/a>\u00a0of any contributions made so that we can keep a track of these and deal with the issue in an expeditious manner as required under these circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>For further information please see the Open Letter written to the President of Sri Lanka\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/an-appeal-to-rajapaksa-to-intervene-so-as-to-prevent-another-beheading-in-qatar\/\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":72749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2187,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-most-popular","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Received Money Transferred To Mother Of Sudeshkar; 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