Bangladeshi woman Sweety Akter from Tangail was executed in Saudi Arabia on 14 October, her family has learned. She went to Saudi about four years ago as a migrant worker (via a broker, after her family borrowed money). After the first few months she called home saying she had been jailed. She continued calling from prison monthly. Just 15 days before the execution she spoke to her father and said she might be released within a couple of months — she never mentioned a death sentence. Her parents in Mirzapur, Tangail, found out through rumours and media, not through any official notification from the Bangladesh government. Her mother is demanding her body be brought home (alive or dead). Sweety was the youngest of five sisters, had been married, and leaves behind a young daughter. Saudi authorities executed her and another Bangladeshi (Nazrul Islam) in the Makkah region after they were convicted of “immoral acts” inside a mosque. Bangladesh’s foreign ministry says it was not properly informed in advance. #SaudiExecution #SweetyAkter #MigrantWorkers #Bangladesh #JusticeForSweety @amnestysasia @pen_int @HRF @DRL_AS @article19org @hrw @Irenekhan @Ginitastar @AFP @MujMash @anbarasanethi @AP @HannahEP @ReutersAsia @WSJ @TheDavidBergman @cnni @BBCWorld @dwnews @NPR @ESandersFCDO @PearsonElaine @bbcwritersroom @StateDRL @FCDOHumanRights @EURightsAgency @kajakallas @State_SCA @EUinBangladesh @GwynLewis12 @UNHumanRights @volker_turk @amnesty @AgnesCallard @guardian @eu_eeas @HumanRightsCtte @SecRubio @MEAIndia @DrSJaishankar @DavidLammy @FCDOGovUK @GERonSouthAsia @fidh_en @UNinBangladesh @UKinBangladesh @usembassydhaka