Saudi Arabia: Death Penalty for Facebook Comment

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Saudi Arabia overturns death sentence for man over Facebook comment, Sri Lanka says --- 1 day ago

> Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court has set aside the death sentence handed to a Sri Lankan migrant worker over a comment he made on Facebook, Colombo's Deputy Foreign Minister Arun Hemachandra said.

> Anojan Sivarasa, 27, was sentenced to death in September after a Saudi appellate court convicted him of blasphemy against Islam and the Prophet Muhammad over his comment.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6x2v0vn7r1do