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Sudanese worker beheaded for "sorcery" charges in Saudi Arabia
Sep 19, 2011, 17:24 GMT
Riyadh - Saudi Arabia has beheaded a Sudanese man accused of sorcery and witchcraft, the Interior Ministry said Monday.
Abdul Hamid bin Hussein bin Moustafa al-Fakki was arrested in 2005 and sentenced to death two years later in the western city of Medina after being found guilty of producing a spell designed to lead to the reconciliation of his client's divorced parents.
Amnesty International had tried unsuccessfully to prevent the execution of al-Fakki, who lived as a migrant worker in the Islamic Kingdom.
The crime of 'sorcery' is not clearly defined in Saudi Arabian law, according to the London-based human rights group.
A total of 43 people have been executed in Saudi Arabia this year.
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