Amnesty International says executions in Saudi Arabia hit a record high last year, with 345 people put to death.

Executions in Saudi Arabia surged last year to a record high, Amnesty International said Monday, as activists increasingly ...

Saudi Arabia executed 345 people last year, mainly for drug offences, despite Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s pledge to ...

The kingdom executed 1,816 people between January 2014 and June 2025, including nationals from Egypt, Ethiopia, Jordan, ...

A new report published by Amnesty International today draws attention to a startling surge in executions in Saudi Arabia in recent years, ...

Saudi Arabia witnessed a record surge in executions last year, with Amnesty International raising alarms over the high number ...

Amnesty International has found a "startling surge" in executions in Saudi Arabia, including many foreign nationals who were ...

Saudi Arabia is waging a "systematic and ruthless campaign of persecution" against peaceful activists in order to silence criticism of the state in the wake of the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings ...

Formula One announcing its provisional schedule with addition of a Grand Prix in Saudi Arabia has not been particularly well-received across the board—and it has resulted in Amnesty ...

Amnesty International says Saudi authorities have unleashed a "systematic and ruthless campaign of persecution" against peaceful activists to silence criticism of the state since the 2011 Arab ...

Saudi authorities executed a record number of people last year, according to an Amnesty International report on the death penalty in Saudi Arabia. A lengthy report released by the international ...

On Monday, Amnesty International and the Sport & Rights Alliance (SRA) released a brief highlighting purported issues around Saudi Arabia’s 2034 bid. The brief also called for a “credible ...