Nafeek case: Father willing to forgive
Md Rasooldeen; 5/10/08
The Kingdom’s Human Rights Commission will attempt to persuade the mother of an infant who died in the care of a Sri Lankan woman hired as a house cleaner but given nanny duties to cease pursuit of the death penalty. The father, according to the mediators, has expressed his desire to forgive the maid. HRC President Turki Al-Sudairy conveyed the latest information in this much-publicized case to Sri Lankan Ambassador Abdul Ageed Mohammed Marleen at a recent meeting at the HRC headquarters in Riyadh. Al-Sudairy said that HRC officials met the father, Naif Jiziyan Khalaf Al-Otaibi, and he expressed willingness to pardon 20-year-old Rizana Nafeek. However, the mother still claims her private right in the case and is not ready to forgive the maid.
See; http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=115125&d=5&m=10&y=2008
Tags: Capital Punishment, Saudi Arabia