This is barbaric!
I am very shocked to know that Saudi Arabia beheaded eight Bangladeshi workers in public for murdering an Egyptian security guard in Riyadh in 2007 despite Bangladesh's repeated pleas for clemency.
So far we know, Bangladesh's foreign and expatriates' welfare ministries had repeatedly appealed to the Saudi authorities for clemency. We have learnt that even President Zillur Rahman solicited pardon for the convicted from the Saudi kiing.
But I have doubts whether the government and the embassy has put in enough efforts to protect those ill-fated Bangladeshis. Beheading in public is inhuman, barbaric and a crime against humanity. This is truly a violation of human rights and contrary to civilised norms.
I am traumatised to know that the families of the executed will not get a chance to see their loved ones' faces for the last time, as the Saudi authorities will not return the dead bodies to their families.
I condemn this heinous act and request our government to pressurize the Saudi authorities to hand over the dead bodies to Bangladesh government without any delay.
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