A woman faces being stoned to death after being convicted of
adultery in Saudi Arabia - while the man she was caught with
faces 100 lashes.
The married 45-year-old woman, originally from Sri Lanka, was
working as a maid in Riyadh and was convicted of adultery in
August.
But her partner, who was single and also from Sri Lanka, was
given a punishment of 100 lashes after being found guilty of the
same offence.
Upul Deshapriya, spokesman for the Foreign Employment
Bureau said:
"She has accepted the crime four times in the courts.
"But the Foreign Employment Bureau has hired lawyers and have
appealed against the case.The appeal is going on. Also from the
foreign ministry side, they are in negotiation with the Saudi
government on a diplomatic level."
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