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- From: hrcoord@igc.apc.org (Human Rights Coordinator)
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- Subject: Phil: Execution Scheduled in Saudi
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- Date: 22 Dec 92 18:23:00 GMT
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- From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
- Subject: Phil: Execution Scheduled in Saudi
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- From @PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU:SEASIA-L@MSU.BITNET Tue Dec 22 09:36:28
- 1992
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- MANILA, Philippines (UPI) President Fidel Ramos Tuesday appealed
- to Saudi Arabia's King Fahd to pardon a Filipino born-again
- preacher scheduled to be hung on Christmas Day in Riyadh.
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- ``I wish to make a personal appeal to Your Royal Highness to spare
- Oswaldo Magdangal from execution,'' Ramos said in a letter to the
- monarch. ``As you know, 25 December is observed as a universal day
- of peace and forgiveness. I believe that the significance of the
- season would not be missed by Your Majesty.''
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- Magdangal has been accused of preaching the Christian faith in
- Saudi Arabia, a Muslim country. Aside from Ramos' letter, the
- government also instructed the Philippine ambassador to Saudi
- Arabia to help secure Magdangal's release.
-