Bush's buddies the Saudis are going to cut off the head of a 14 year old

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/HRW/2fefd0832c7358bba69e074a7b15c178.htm

Saudi Arabia: 14-Year-Old Boy Faces Execution

(Cairo, October 27, 2005) A 14-year-old Egyptian boy faces execution in Saudi Arabia after a flawed trial in which he was convicted for the murder of another child, Human Rights Watch said today. Saudi King Abdullah should uphold the country's obligations to protect children and due process by commuting the death sentence. Neither the Saudi nor Egyptian government has responded to letters on the case that Human Rights Watch sent several weeks ago and made public today before the Eid holiday.

Following a seriously flawed trial, Ahmad al-D. was sentenced to death in July for the murder of three-year old Wala' 'Adil 'Abd al-Badi' in Dammam in April 2004. The families of both children are Egyptian nationals living in Saudi Arabia. Wala's parents have refused to accept blood money (diya) from Ahmad's family, and Ahmad remains on death row in a juvenile detention facility in Dammam.

"Executing one child for the killing of another would only compound the tragedy," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. "King Abdullah should uphold Saudi Arabia's international legal obligations by commuting this death sentence."

Saudi Arabia has ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which prohibits the capital punishment for offenses committed by individuals under 18 at the time of the crime and protects the rights of all children accused or convicted of crimes.

[Horse with no Name]

1. That's okay

they'd let them do it in Texas too if Bush had his way.:sarcasm:

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. I was gonna say.,. there are plenty of folks who would be all for that

here in Murika.

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[cal04]

2. They are disgusting. I wouldn't doubt that they are the

ones doing this in Iraq everytime they talk about a beheading.

[damntexdem]

3. I don't believe it!

This would be worse than Texas!

[Dogmudgeon]

5. H.R.H. King Abdullah will come through

He'll commute the execution and sentence the boy to life in prison, with 95 lashes to be administered each Saturday for one year.

You know. A lenient sentence.

--p!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

6. The face of the "freedom" and "democracy" we're sprading in the ME.

Iraq needed to be invaded because it had an "evil" government that tortured and killed people.

Saudi Arabia needs to be protected because..

[pinto]

7. Sad. I hope King Abdullah finds the "face" to commute this sentence. Kudos

to Human Rights Watch for the global exposure of the case.

[hiabrill]

8. This is an outrage...!!!

Surely they wouldn't execute a 14 year old..!!!?

This story seems surreal and far from reality. Capital punishment for children is barbaric and from a different age, not the 21st century..!!

[endarkenment]

11. You do realize that until a very recent supreme court decision

our Great Nation was just fine with executing children, right?

[jmowreader]

12. Oh yeah they would

Sharia doesn't fuck around.

[rniel]

9. No wonder Bush loves them so much

That's the kind of thing Bush has always wanted to do. He's getting pretty close with the Abu Gharib prison scandal.

[Hubert Flottz]

10. We should bomb them for doing that to their own people.

A little Shock and Awe would probably turn that country into a democracy overnight too.