Riyadh/Dhaka, Oct.9 (ANI): A leading human rights group in Bangladeshas condemned the public execution of eight Bangladeshi migrantorkers in Saudi Arabia.
Bangladesh human rights group Ain O Salish Kendra said that the execution of Bangladeshi workers should be condemned by anyone who cares for humanity.
According to the BBC, it further said that while the executions were carried out in accordance with Saudi law, the public beheading of the workers would cause immense suffering and trauma for their family members back at home.
It also pointed out that often foreign workers don't understand Saudi court proceedings in Arabic and they rarely get lawyers to represent their case.
It has urged the Bangladeshi government to offer legal assistance to migrant workers facing trial.
The workers were beheaded in public in Riyadh on Friday after they were found guilty of killing an Egyptian in 2007. Three other Bangladeshis were sentenced to prison terms and flogging in the same case.
More than two million Bangladeshis work in Saudi Arabia.
The latest beheadings bring the total number of executions in the country this year to 58, more than twice the figure for the whole of 2010. (ANI)
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