🇱🇰🇸🇦⚡️ — Sri Lankan migrant worker Anojan Sivarasa, 24, is facing execution in Saudi Arabia after an appellate court convicted him of blasphemy against Islam and the Prophet Muhammad in a Facebook comment, BBC reports.

The case began after an online dispute following a Hindu pilgrimage in Sri Lanka, when Anojan responded in Tamil to derogatory remarks about a Hindu deity.

He deleted the comment and apologized, but screenshots were sent to his employer and Saudi authorities, leading to his arrest in July.

He was initially sentenced to five years in prison and a 3 million-riyal fine, but prosecutors later sought a Sharia-based prosecution, resulting in the death penalty on September 17.