Canadian Mohamed Kohail a Saudi court sentenced Kohail and his friend, Muhanna Masoud, to execution.

Case of Mohamed Kohail was an important item on the minister’s agenda. “Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier has already written to his Saudi counterpart to review the sentence,” Day said.
Kohail was convicted of killing a teenager, Munzer Hiraki, in a schoolyard brawl in Jeddah. On March 3, a Saudi court sentenced Kohail and his friend, Muhanna Masoud, to execution.There have been media reports, however, that Hiraki’s death was due to a heart condition. Kohail has 80 days to appeal from the date of the ruling. He was arrested, along with his brother Sultan last spring, and imprisoned in Jeddah. Sultan’s fate remains unclear. There has been a demand that Ottawa investigate allegations that confessions were obtained under duress. Kohail’s family spent several years in Montreal before returning to Saudi Arabia for a cousin’s wedding. The two boys were involved in a fight that broke out after a young man accused Sultan of insulting his female cousin.The brother demanded an apology, but Sultan refused and called for help from Kohail. He was then confronted by several boys over the insult. According to the account of the Kohail brothers, Kohail arrived at the school with a friend to face about a dozen of the girl’s male relatives and friends. Some were allegedly armed with clubs and knives. A large number of Kohail’s supporters staged a rally on Parliament Hill in Ottawa last Sunday, demanding the Canadian government exert pressure on the Kingdom to spare the man’s life.