Activists protest execution of Indonesian maid in Saudi Arabia

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Tens of activists of non-governmental
organization Migrant Care demonstrated outside the Saudi Arabian
Embassy here on Monday in protest against the execution of Indonesian
maid Yanti Irianti (35) in Saudi Arabia.

"Migrant Care condemns the execution and urges the Indonesian
government to question the death sentence and the legal discrimination
against the Indonesian domestic helper in Saudi Arabia," Executive
Director of Migrant Care Anis Hidayah said.

Anis said that the Indonesian government could raise the case at the
United Nations Human Rights Council, where Indonesia and Saudi Arabia
were members.

Besides, the Indonesian government should also send a diplomatic note
of protest to the Saudi government, recall its ambassador from Saudi
Arabia and send the Saudi ambassador back to his country as a protest
againt Yanti`s execution, Anis said.

The rally began at 10 a.m. and was joined by Yanti`s family members and
legislator Jacobus Kamarlo Mayong Padang of the Indonesian Democratic
Party of Struggle (PDIP) faction.

They carried banners which read: "Stop Killing Indonesian Migrant
Workers," and "Execution of the Indonesian Worker is a Violation of
Human Rights."

Yanti Irianti was executed by a firing squad on Friday, Jan. 11, after
the Saudi court found her guilty of murdering her employer. Official
reports in Saudi Arabia said that Yanti murdered her employer in order
to steal her jewelry.(*) END