Sri Lankan People Protest Against Recent Beheading Of A Sri Lankan Maid By Saudi Arabia

Sri Lankan Buddhist monks march towards the president’s residence demanding authorities to stop sending Sri Lankan women as maids to the Middle East following the recent beheading of a Sri Lankan maid by Saudi Arabia, during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. Earlier this month Rizana Nafeek, a Sri Lankan domestic worker accused of killing a Saudi baby in her care in 2005 was given a death sentence and executed, despite appeals by the Sri Lanka government for a reprieve.

Sri Lankan Buddhist monks and their supporters march outside the president’s residence demanding authorities to stop sending Sri Lankan women as maids to the Middle East following the recent beheading of a Sri Lankan maid by Saudi Arabia, during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. The placards in Sinhalese read ” Our Protest against Saudi Arabia who went against the World Opinion and executed house maid Rizana.”

A Sri Lankan man holds a placard in Sinhalese that reads “Stop Sending Women to Saudi Arabia” outside the president’s residence during a protest against the recent beheading of a Sri Lankan maid by Saudi Arabia, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. <AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena>