It is the quickest pace of capital punishment since March 2022, when 81 people were executed in a single day for ...

According to a new Amnesty International report published in July and data from the official Saudi Press Agency, the kingdom ...

Saudi Arabia has executed 17 people in just three days, marking the fastest pace of capital punishment since 2022 and raising ...

Saudi Arabia has executed eight people in a single day, state media said, amid a surge in the use of the death penalty in the ...

Saudi Arabia authorities executed two people on Monday for \"terrorist crimes,\" bringing the total number of executions to ...

Over 200 executions in Saudi Arabia this year, primarily for drug crimes, raise concerns about human rights and due process ...

Saudi Arabia carried out at least 157 executions in 2015, with beheadings reaching their highest level in the kingdom in two decades, according to human rights groups.

Executions come amid ‘Vision 2030’ plan Human rights groups for years have been critical of Saudi Arabia’s human rights record.

Saudi Arabia also carried out three other unrelated executions on Tuesday, bringing the number of such punishments this year to 106, according to a count by Human Rights Watch.

Saudi Arabia is drawing international criticism for putting 81 people to death in one day. The executions happen as the West is hoping to convince the kingdom to increase oil production.

Pressure Saudi Arabia to halt executions of protesters, Keith Ellison asks John Kerry, as 2016 beheadings break records Congressman voices concerns about Saudi death sentences in letter, after ...