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JAKARTA (WASHINGTON POST) – Indonesian domestic worker who has been convicted of killing her.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday (Oct 31) that he had called the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia, Adel al-Jubeir, to file a complaint and request to know why .
In a statement, Widodo said Tursilawati's case when Jubeir visited Indonesia last week and that the case had been brought along with other Saudi officials, including King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Hikmahanto Juwana, an expert in international law at the University of Indonesia, told the Jakarta Post that Riyadh had "violated the norms of international relations" by notifying Indonesia that the execution was imminent.
11 million foreign workers, from over 100 nations, who resides in Saudi Arabia. An estimated 2.3 million of them work in households, often as maids.
But foreign workers can often find themselves running afoul of Saudi Arabia's legal system, which is based on a strict interpretation of Islamic syariah law. Just last week, Saudi Arabia arrested 19 workers from the Philippines after a raid on a Halloween party in Riyadh, according to local media reports.
The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs, which also noted that the workers are still in the United States, are not allowed to report to the United States.
Activists say migrant workers in Saudi Arabia can be exploited under its visa sponsorship system, known as kafala. The kafala system is used in several Persian Gulf states. The Saudi government has made some efforts to reform the system, including setting up a website to inform foreigners of their rights, and some Saudis have called for it to be scrapped.
Tursilawati was sentenced to death in 2011 for the first time murdered in the Saudi city of Thaif the year before. The mother of one had arrived in Saudi Arabia only nine months before the crime occurred.
Migrant Care, a group that supports the rights of Indonesians working aboard, said she had been fearful of being self-defeating.
The group also called on the Indonesian government to reverse a recent decision allowing of the Indonesian migrant workers to seek employment in Saudi Arabia. In 2015, Indonesia had banned domestic workers from Middle Eastern countries after reports of abuse.
According to Amnesty International, Saudi Arabia executed 146 people in 2017 – making it the world's third most prolific executioner after China and Iran. At least four Indonesians have been executed in Saudi Arabia since 2011.
In March, the Jakarta Post reported that 20 Indonesians remained on death row in the country.
"For umpteenth time Saudi Arabia has hurt the diplomatic ethics of both countries," Amnesty International Indonesia director Usman Hamid said in a statement to Tempo magazine on Tuesday.
However, Usman added, Indonesia's own use of the death penalty hurt its argument.
"He said," It is not logical that Indonesia demands another country to release one of its citizens.
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