24岁的斯里兰卡籍移工阿诺詹·西瓦拉萨因在Facebook发表被控亵渎宗教的评论，在沙特阿拉伯被上诉法院改判死刑1。该评论遭截图举报后，西瓦拉萨于7月被捕1。初审法院曾判处他5年监禁及罚款300万沙特里亚尔，但上诉法院随后推翻了这一判决1。
这一判决在国际社会引起强烈反应。英国人文主义联合会首席执行官Andrew Copson表示："每个人都有权自由谈论宗教信仰，任何人都不应因此受罚，更不用说被判死刑"1。英国政府与斯里兰卡政府均已要求沙特撤销该判决1。斯里兰卡总统Anura Kumara Dissanayake于9月会见西瓦拉萨的家人，并承诺尽力争取释放1。此外，斯里兰卡已向沙特派遣了一个四人法律代表团1。西瓦拉萨最后一次与外界联系是在9月28日1。
A 24-year-old Sri Lankan migrant worker has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for posting a comment deemed insulting to religion on Facebook 1. Anujan Sivarasa was arrested in July after his message was screenshotted and reported 1. A lower court initially convicted him to five years in prison and a fine of 3 million Saudi riyals, but an appellate court overturned that decision and imposed the death penalty 1.
The case has prompted international backlash. Andrew Copson, chief executive of the British Humanist Association, stated: "Everyone has the right to speak freely about religion, and no one should ever face punishment for doing so, much less be put to death" 1. Both the British and Sri Lankan governments have called for Saudi Arabia to overturn the ruling 1. Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake met with Sivarasa's family in September and pledged to work toward securing his release, while the country has also dispatched a four-member legal delegation to Saudi Arabia to advocate on his behalf 1. His last known contact was on September 28 1.
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