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World Have Your Say: #WHYS: Sri Lankan maid beheaded in Saudi & police detain tourists in Greece

10/01/2013

#WHYS: Sri Lankan maid beheaded in Saudi & police detain tourists in Greece

BBC World Service - World Have Your Say, #WHYS: Sri Lankan maid beheaded in Saudi & police detain tourists in Greece

Delhi gang rape trial - Sri Lankan domestic worker beheaded & tourists in Greece attacked.

Today at 11:00 Gmt we are looking at three stories which are grabbing the World’s attention.

Firstly we hear the latest from Delhi, India where five men accused of gang raping and murdering a 23 year women are due to appear in court for a second day.

Also, lots of you are reading about a Korean tourist in Greece who was mistaken for an illegal immigrant and assaulted and detained by police. It follows a number of similar stories where tourists have been mistaken for illegal migrants and mistreated. 

And finally, a Sri-Lankan domestic worker was beheaded in Saudi Arabia yesterday after she was accused of killing a four month old baby. The Sri Lankan parliament held a minutes silence in honour of Ms Nafeek. Its once again got you talking about rights for domestic workers – We hear your thoughts?

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