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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, the sheer devout nature of Saudi society does stagger the mind:

As of January 2013, the majority of foreign workers held on death row in Saudi Arabia come from Indonesia.[22]
These conditions have sparked condemnation both inside and outside of Saudi Arabia. In 2002, Grand Mufti Abdul-Azeez ibn Abdullaah Aal ash-Shaikh argued that Islam required employers to honour their contracts and[b] not intimidate, blackmail, or threaten their workers.[1[/b]1]
Several executions have sparked international outcries. In June 2011 Ruyati binti Satubi, an Indonesian maid, was beheaded for killing her employer's wife, reportedly after years of abuse.[23][24] A video of the execution, posted online, drew extensive criticism.[25] In September 2011, a Sudanese migrant worker was beheaded for "sorcery",[26] an execution which Amnesty International condemned as "appalling".[27] In January 2013 a Sri Lankan maid named Rizana Nafeek was beheaded after she was convicted of murdering a child under her care, an occurrence which she attributed to the infant choking. The execution drew international condemnation of the government's practises,[22] and led Sri Lanka to recall its ambassador.[28] These are not isolated cases. According to figures by Amnesty International, in 2010 at least 27 migrant workers were executed and, as of January 2013, more than 45 foreign maids were on death row awaiting execution.[29]
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'Employers may accuse domestic workers, especially those from Indonesia, of witchcraft. Victims of rape and sexual assault are at risk of being accused of adultery and fornication.'
Human rights group say 69 people were executed in Saudi Arabia last year and 79 the year before, including five women, one of whom was beheaded for witchcraft and sorcery.
MISTREATMENT OF MAIDS
Saudi Arabia is notorious for its treatment of domestic staff, the majority of who migrate from poverty-stricken countries.
Commentators have remarked that Saudis treat staff as if they were part of the furniture - with stories of beatings, rape and imprisonment all too common.
In 2010, shocking photographs emerged of maid Sumiati Binti Salan Mustapa, 23, who suffered severe injuries from being stabbed, burned and beaten. 
Her employer was sentenced to just three years in jail but was later acquitted altogether, in a case that outraged human rights groups.
Speaking at the time, Wahyu Susilo of the Indonesian advocacy group, Migrant Care, said: 'Again and again we hear about slavery-like conditions, torture, sexual abuse and even death.
'But our government has chosen to ignore it. Why? Because migrant workers generate £4.7billion in foreign exchange every
Amnesty International Saudi Arabia researcher Dina el-Mamoun said there is growing alarm at the number of migrant workers being sentenced to death, with more than 120 foriegn nationals known to be on death row.
She said migrant workers in Saudi Arabia are at great risk if they end up in the criminal justice system and added countries should be advising their residents of the 'very real and deadly' risks. 
Ms Mamoun said: 'In many cases they're subjected to whole trials where they can't understand the proceedings, which are conducted solely in Arabic, and without translation. They are often not given access to consular assistance.'
Death row prisoner Tuti Tursilawati binti Warjuki, 27, from Indonesia, faces execution for murdering her employer in 2010 when he allegedly attempted to rape her.
Her supporters say she was abused by the man since arriving in the country a year earlier and was denied legal representation for the first two months of her trial.

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