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Sri Lankan Ambassador visits Anojan Sivarasa in Saudi prison after death sentence overturned

Sri Lanka's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, O.L. Ameer Ajwad, visited Sri Lankan national Anojan Sivarasa at Dammam Central Prison on…

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Image: NewsWire EnglishNewsWire English•4h agoSri Lankan Ambassador visits Anojan Sivarasa in Saudi prison after death sentence overturned

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Sri Lanka's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, O. According to a statement issued by the Sri Lankan Embassy in Riyadh, the Ambassador held discussions with Sivarasa regarding the consular and legal assistance available to him ahead of the forthcoming court proceedings.

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People
  • Anojan Sivarasa4
  • Farisz Fazal Abdul Hafeel Mohomed
  • K.A. Upul Indika Kumarapperuma
  • Mohamed Faiszer Musthapha
  • Anura Kumara Dissanayake
  • Mohamed Riyasdeen Silmy
  • Hafeez Azard Navavi
  • M.T. Mohamed Laffar
Organisations
  • Supreme Court of Sri Lanka4
  • Saudi Supreme Court2
  • Government of2
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism
  • Bureau of Foreign Employment
  • Parliament of Sri Lanka
  • foreign ministry
Places
  • Saudi Arabia4
  • Sri Lanka4
  • Dammam Central Prison
  • Arabia
  • Jeddah
  • Riyadh
Keywords
  • sentence4
  • death4
  • overturned2
  • aside2
  • set2
  • ambassador
  • president
  • decision
  • welcomes
  • immense

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Oct 14, 10:57 AM
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