Our Mission in Riyadh is continuously monitoring her situation and get in touch with local authorities, her sponsors and other relevant officials for her release. A lady official visit Rizana on a regular basis and looks into her wellbeing, an External Affairs Ministry official said.
Releasing a statement and highlighting the plight of the Sri Lankan housemaid, the Asian Human Rights Commission yesterday (11) called for a “renewed attempt to get her release by intervening with His Royal Highness, the King of Saudi Arabia and also pressuring the Sri Lankan Government to undertake effective diplomatic efforts to obtain her release”.
Rizana Nafeek who was 17 at the time of arrest was charged with the death of an infant in her care and was sentenced to death after a lengthy legal process, which was criticized by many due to the difficulties faced by her. | 
The Sri Lankan External Affairs Ministry is continuously monitoring the situation of Rizana Nafeek, the Sri Lankan housemaid who sentenced to death by beheading in 2007 in Saudi Arabia, Sri Lankan Diplomatic Sources said.
Russia decided to donate 8 helicopters to SriLanka. [
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Tamil Genocide attack day commemorated at Queens Burg city in Toronto, Canada. [
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Thousands of Tamil national present at the Mulliwaikal mourning organized by the British Tamil Forum. [
Sixty-one Bangladeshis, who were in Sri Lankan detention camps for four months after being picked up by the navy in February, are scheduled to be returned to their home country from Colombo around Sunday noon. [
Parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayaka of Sri Lanka main opposition United National Party (UNP) said yesterday that the UNP turned down a request from a former terrorist to contest the Northern Provincial Council elections under the party. [
The entire world was asking Sri Lanka to give into the terrorists and avoid confrontation with them, but we chose to trust in the strength and courage of the country’s youth, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. [
Trade unions, opposition parties and civil society organizations are gearing up to hold a massive protest on the 21st against the electricity tariff hike and the performance of the government. [
Deputy leader of the Vavuniya Municipal council M.M.Rathan stated by lighting lamps in the Wellamulliwaikal and Karaiyan Mulliwaikal people paid their respect to civilians killed in the final stage of war in year 2009. [
There is little doubt that in 2009 the government of Sri Lanka pulled off one of the nastiest episodes of mass killing since the Rwandan genocide – and got away with it. Tens of thousands of civilians were massacred, with barely a trickle of Syria-like imagery emerging from the battle zone, The Australian reported. [