Teenage Sri Lankan girl may escape beheading in Saudi Arabia

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Updated May 22, 2009 19:53:11

A Sri Lankan teenager who was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia may escape beheading due to the attention her case attracted.

Rizana Nafeek was 17 years old when she was accused by the Saudi family we worked for of killing their baby, which choked while she was feeding it. She was found guilty and was to be beheaded, but human rights groups criticised problems with the case, and funds were raised to hire lawyers to defend her. The Asian Human Rights Commission in Hong Kong, says many Asian governments depend on remittances and don't want to risk offending countries which employ their nationals.

Presenter: Bruce Hill
Speaker: Basil Fernando, director Asian Human Rights Commission

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