IMMINENT EXECUTION OF RIZANA NAFEEK

Early day motion 1926, tabled 17 July 2007 by Chris Mullin (Labour). Signed by 48 members.

That this House is deeply concerned about the imminent execution by beheading of Rizana Nafeek, a teenage Sri Lankan national in Saudi Arabia found guilty of murdering a baby; notes that she protests her innocence; further notes that her conviction is based on an alleged confession in police custody and that she had no lawyer to represent her at trial; calls upon the government of Saudi Arabia to review her case as a matter of urgency; deplores the imposition of the death sentence on a defendant who was reportedly a minor at the time of the alleged crime, in contravention of an international prohibition on the execution of child offenders; and believes that the execution of this young woman will bring shame upon Saudi Arabia.

Signatures by party: Labour 31, Liberal Democrat 9, Conservative 2, DUP 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Plaid Cymru 1, Scottish National Party 1.