A woman faces being stoned to death after being convicted of adultery in Saudi Arabia - while the man she was caught with faces 100 lashes.
The woman is condemned to be stoned to death
The married 45-year-old was working as a maid in Riyadh and was convicted of adultery in August.
However, Mirror Online reports that her partner, a single migrant worker from Sri Lanka, was given a punishment of 100 lashes after being found guilty of the same offence.
While speaking with Reuters, Upul Deshapriya, spokesman for the Foreign Employment Bureau said: "She has accepted the crime four times in the courts. But the Foreign Employment Bureau has hired lawyers and have appealed against the case.
"The appeal is going on. Also from the foreign ministry side, they are in negotiation with the Saudi government on a diplomatic level."
Saudi Arabia follows Sharia law which is criticised by human rights groups for carrying the death penalty for crimes such as adultery and drug smuggling.
Stoning, in which 'offenders' are pelted with stones until death is still carried out in some parts of the Middle East .
According to Amnesty International, Saudi Arabia, which is current chair of the United Nations Human Rights Council Panel, has executed over 150 people this year, mostly by public beheading.