SAUDI: Suliamon Olyfemi - Middle East and Gulf (sitios de interés)

Nigerian national Suliamon Olyfemi was among hundreds of foreign nationals from Somalia, Ghana and Nigeria detained in mass arrests in September 2002, following a dispute which resulted in the death of a Saudi Arabian policeman. Suliamon Olyfemi, who maintains his innocence, was subsequently sentenced to death after an unfair trial. Twelve others arrested with him were sentenced to prison terms and corporal punishment.