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title: "Saudi Arabia overturns death sentence of Sri Lankan worker over Facebook comment"
description: "Most outlets led with the reversal of the death sentence by Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court for a Sri Lankan migrant worker, citing the Facebook comment as the reason for the conviction. ProPakistani described the case as involving an insult to Prophet Muhammad PBUH, while Aaj News (English) focused on the Facebook comment and included a statement from Sri Lanka’s Deputy Foreign Minister."
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# Saudi Arabia overturns death sentence of Sri Lankan worker over Facebook comment

world · updated 14 Oct 2026, 1:59 PM PKT · 14 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets led with the reversal of the death sentence by Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court for a Sri Lankan migrant worker, citing the Facebook comment as the reason for the conviction. ProPakistani described the case as involving an insult to Prophet Muhammad PBUH, while Aaj News (English) focused on the Facebook comment and included a statement from Sri Lanka’s Deputy Foreign Minister.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Aaj News (English)** — [Saudi Arabia overturns death sentence of Sri Lankan worker over facebook comment](https://english.aaj.tv/news/330476470/saudi-arabia-overturns-death-sentence-of-sri-lankan-worker-over-facebook-comment) · 14 Oct 2026, 1:59 PM PKT
  > Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence imposed on a Sri Lankan migrant worker over a comment he posted on Facebook, Sri Lanka’s Deputy Foreign Minister Arun Hemachandra has said. Anojan Sivarasa, 27, was sentenced to death in September after a Saudi appellate court convicted him of blasphemy against Islam and the Prophet Muhammad over the social media comment. The case s...
- **ProPakistani** — [Saudi Arabia Reverses Death Penalty of Hindu Man Who Insulted Prophet Muhammad PBUH](https://propakistani.pk/2026/10/14/saudi-arabia-reverses-death-penalty-of-hindu-man-who-insulted-prophet-muhammad-pbuh/) · 14 Oct 2026, 12:31 PM PKT · 84% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of a Sri Lankan Hindu migrant worker convicted of blasphemy over… Read More

2 articles from 2 outlets, 14 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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