Sri Lankan Team Heads to Saudi Arabia Over Anojan’s Death Sentence

Report Summary

A four-member Sri Lankan delegation, including two President's Counsels, will travel to Saudi Arabia to discuss commuting the death sentence of Anojan Sivarasa, who was sentenced by the Al-Ahsa Criminal Court over a social media post. The initiative follows a memorandum from Buddhist chief prelates and an upcoming Supreme Court appeal via the Attorney General's Department, with the Sri Lankan embassy monitoring the case.