Save Rizana Nasik from Death

An appeal to





HRH King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud


Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques


Royal Court, Riyadh


SAUDI ARABIA





and





HRH Prince Naif bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud


Minister of Interior


SAUDI ARABIA





Your Royal Highnesses





This is an appeal for the life of Rizana Nasik, sentenced to death by Daw Admi High Courts beheading for the crime of allegedly committing infanticide.





While the crime she is accused of is of grave nature, we feel it should be pointed out that a 17 year old from a background of extreme poverty and poor education with no resources, family or support in the Kingdom could not have had the means of defending her case in the courts.





During the time of the crime she is alleged to have committed at the age of 17, she was still considered a minor by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Children.





We therefore appeal to you to consider her case with compassion and spare her life and return her to her country in the same manner that you have graciously granted similar pardons in the past.