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Newswire and Colombo Telegraph report that Saudi Arabia executed two Bangladeshi nationals in Mecca on October 14, 2026, and that Bangladesh said it had not been notified beforehand. Colombo Telegraph says Bangladesh later sought the relevant court decisions and clarification from Saudi Arabia.

The outlet says the statement did not specify what the acts were and that the death penalty was imposed as a discretionary ta’zir punishment, with the seriousness of the offence and the mosque’s sanctity cited as considerations. Ada Derana’s Tamil-language report describes the two as Bangladeshi migrant workers and says the allegation concerned kissing in a mosque; that detail is not included in Colombo Telegraph’s account of the official statement.

Colombo Telegraph frames the notification issue around the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, which it says Saudi Arabia joined in 1988 and which addresses consular notification, communication and access for foreign nationals facing criminal proceedings. The outlet argues that the reported lack of advance notice raises questions about how effectively consular arrangements protect migrant workers, especially in cases involving capital punishment.

Colombo Telegraph compares the episode with Sri Lankan domestic worker Rizana Nafeek, who was executed in Saudi Arabia on January 9, 2013. It says the Sri Lankan Embassy reportedly lacked adequate advance information about the execution.

Written automatically by AI from the outlets’ own reports, and not reviewed by an editor. It can be wrong — the original report is the authority.