Saudi Arabia
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- absolute monarchy
- CONSTITUTION
- Sharia applies; a fundamental law establishing the rights and responsibilities of the government was introduced in 1992
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on Sharia law but some secular norms have been introduced
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- Advisory Council, appointed by the king for 4 years
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Council of Justice
RELIGIONS
100% Muslims
From the country
- OCTOBER 23, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
PM APPEALS FOR SAUDI MAN'S STAY OF EXECUTION
the New Zealand Prime Minister, Helen Clark...
- AUGUST 23, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI EXECUTED FOR MURDER IN ASIR REGION
the Saudi Arabian news agency SPA website carried a Saudi Interior Ministry...
- AUGUST 20, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIANS ON DEATH ROW SEEK PARDON
two Indian nationals sentenced to death on drug smuggling charges in Saudi Arabia appealed to King Abdullah for clemency on humanitarian and compassionate grounds.
- AUGUST 20, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS YOUTH CONVICTED OF MURDERING STEPMOTHER WHILE A MINOR
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Saudi national convicted of fatally shooting his stepmother while he was still a minor. The execution took place in the Muslim holy city of Mecca.
- AUGUST 17, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
DP TWO SAUDIS BEHEADED FOR MURDER, RAPE
a Saudi Arabian national was beheaded by the sword for murdering
- AUGUST 17, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
a Saudi Arabian national was beheaded by the sword for rape
a Saudi Arabian national was beheaded by the sword for rape
- AUGUST 7, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI AUTHORITIES BEHEAD PAKISTANI CONVICTED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Pakistani man convicted of smuggling heroin into the kingdom...
- AUGUST 4, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: ‘ABO KAB’ NO LONGER FACES DEATH SENTENCE
an appeals court threw out the death-penalty verdict for a Saudi Arabian youth found guilty of negligent homicide in the death of three boys and the injury of two others two years ago in a stunt-driving accident.
- AUGUST 4, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Rahatullah Ghareeb Gul was beheaded in public for drug-related crimes.
Rahatullah Ghareeb Gul was beheaded in public for drug-related crimes.
- AUGUST 3, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded two Pakistanis and a Nigerian for drug smuggling.
Saudi Arabia beheaded two Pakistanis and a Nigerian for drug smuggling.
- AUGUST 3, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded three Pakistanis for armed
Saudi Arabia beheaded three Pakistanis for armed
- AUGUST 1, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIAN MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia beheaded by the sword a man convicted of murder, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.