Saudi Arabia is being urged to spare Anojan Sivarasa, who faces execution after being found guilty of blasphemy over a comment posted on Facebook.
The case concerns a social media post that authorities treated as blasphemous. Sivarasa was convicted and sentenced to death, according to the available information.
Calls for Saudi Arabia not to carry out the sentence have followed the ruling. The appeal centres on the death penalty imposed in connection with the Facebook comment.
No further details about the comment, the court proceedings or the groups urging clemency were provided. At this time, it is known that Sivarasa faces execution after his conviction for blasphemy linked to a Facebook post.
