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
- AUGUST 7, 2007PakistanDEATH 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.
- JULY 27, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI NATIONAL CONVICTED OF MURDER EXECUTED IN AL-JAWF
the official Saudi Press Agency carried a Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry statement saying that the Court of Cassation upheld the death sentence against Saudi national Abdallah Bin-Muhammad Bin-Durzi al-Daghmi.
- JULY 24, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI EXECUTED FOR MURDER
a Saudi convicted of murder was beheaded by the sword..
JULY 22, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SRI LANKAN MAID WINS REPRIEVE FROM DEATH PENALTY
lawyers of Rizana Nafeek, a 19 year old migrant worker from Sri Lanka,
- JULY 21, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI CITIZEN EXECUTED IN MECCA FOR MURDER
the Saudi Arabian Press Agency announced that the Shari'ah Court convicted...
- JULY 19, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR KNIFE MURDER
a man identified as Dahyan-al-Subaiei was beheaded in the holy city of Taif, east of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for murdering another with a knife
- JULY 18, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI EXECUTED IN MEDINA FOR MURDER - INTERIOR MINISTRY
the Saudi Arabian news agency SPA carried a Saudi Interior Ministry statement saying that the Shari'ah Court convicted Saudi national Muhammad Bin-Hamdan Bin-Mu'aytiq al-Sahli of the crime of murdering fellow Saudi national Awwad Bin-Uwayd al-Sahli al-Har