Death sentence stirs outrage in RP

Death sentence stirs outrage in RP

MANILA (Reuter): A United Arab Emirates court's death sentence
on a teenage Filipina maid provoked widespread uproar in the
Philippines yesterday and denunciations that the UAE was
barbaric.

Shock and anger at the death penalty imposed on 16-year-old
Filipina Moslem Sarah Balabagan swept the largely Roman Catholic
nation still hurting from the execution by Singapore in March of
another Filipina domestic helper.

Calls for retaliation against the UAE drowned out appeals by
politicians for calmness.

"If this is not the height of barbarism and a clear
miscarriage of justice, we don't know what else to call it," the
Friends of Filipino Migrant Workers group said in a statement.