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Muslim MPs rally support for Sri Lankan facing Saudi death sentence
Former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen visited the home of Anojan Sivarasa in Narpattimunai, Kalmunai, yesterday (18) to meet his mother and
Summary
Highlighting that the Saudi death penalty reports have caused deep concern within the Muslim community, the former minister stated that he plans to unite Muslim parliamentarians to make a special appeal to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the King of Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, former Foreign Minister Ali Sabry stated that he is appealing to Saudi authorities to grant clemency to Anojan.
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People
- Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam2
- Anura Kumara Dissanayake2
- Shanakiyan Rasamanickam2
- Rishad Bathiudeen2
- Anojan Sivarasa2
- Mano Ganesan2
- Ali Sabry
Organisations
- All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama
- Foreign Ministry
Places
- Saudi Arabia2
- Sri Lanka2
- Kalmunai2
- Narpattimunai
- Narpittimunai
Keywords
- sentence
- pledges
- support
- appeal
- facing
- family
- lankan
- muslim
- visits
- death
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