Ruyati, the 28 th migrant workers who were beheaded in Saudi Arabia This Year

Beheading Ruyati bint Sapubi, or Ruyati bint Saboti Saruna, gave sadness in Indonesia Ruyati is the 28th person who was beheaded in Saudi Arabia.

"Beheading (Ruyati) in the western province of Makkah to bring the number of executions in the ultra-conservative kingdom this year to 28, according to an AFP tally based on reports of human rights groups," writes AFP on Saturday (06/18/2011).

Group that monitors human rights in Saudi Arabia beheaded penalty is Amnesty International. Monitoring agency based in London is called, last year Saudi Arabia beheaded 27 people. This year, not including Ruyati, 27 people have also been beheaded. As many as 15 people were beheaded in May .

Whereas in 2009, the number reached 67 people were executed, while in 2008 as many as 102 people. Amnesty International urges the Saudi government to stop the death penalty. While in 2007, 158 people facing the sharp sword.

Rape, murder, denial of religious / apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking, all sentenced to death based on a strict interpretation of the government of Saudi Arabia uses the Islamic sharia law.

Statement of Saudi Arabia authority as Saudi Arabia reported by news agency, SPA, stated, Ruyati was convicted of murdering Khairiya Mijlid binti Hamid, a hit in the head repeatedly with a meat cutter and stabbed in the neck.

The authority did not elaborate on the motive that event and did not mention the women's association. But the news is growing, it is the woman who killed Ruyati employer.

As many as 1.2 million Indonesians working as migrant workers abroad. Of that amount, 70 percent were in Saudi Arabia.