Throughout 2024, Saudi Arabia has continued to use the death penalty for non-lethal offenses, which account for 41 percent of executions so far, including 13 percent (29 individuals) who were ...

During their Universal Periodic Review (UPR) this year, the authorities accepted only one of the 22 recommendations relating to the use of the death penalty, showcasing their lack of commitment to ...

At the time, he was considered by lawyers and activists to be the youngest known political prisoner in Saudi Arabia. Now, at the age of 18, Qureiris is facing the death penalty after being held ...

Saudi Arabia has given the death penalty to four men accused of training in Iranian terror "camps" and planning to assassinate "prominent figures." The ruling was ...

The United States is an outlier among developed nations when it comes to the ultimate punishment. One state has executed by ...

Saudi Arabia will no longer impose the death penalty on people who committed crimes while still minors, the country's Human Rights Commission says. The announcement, citing a royal decree by King ...

Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor has reportedly sought the death penalty for five activists, including the female rights defender Israa al-Ghomgham. Human Rights Watch said they recently went on ...

Two Filipinos escaped the death penalty in Saudi Arabia following the intercession of a Filipino Sharia court judge, reports reaching Manila said yesterday. Alexander Hugo and Jovencio Praxidio ...

Three Saudi nationals were sentenced to death on Thursday, November 7, after committing multiple acts of terror, according to ...

Saudi Arabia is seeking a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council in a vote scheduled for Oct. 9, hoping to reverse ...

SAUDI ARABIA is planning a mass execution of 52 prisoners in one day, human rights group Reprieve revealed yesterday. The legal action charity cited several Saudi media reports this week saying that ...

Saudi Arabia and Iran, the last of which saw a near 50% year-on-year rise in the number of people put to death by the state. Although use of the death penalty is gradually declining in the US ...