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
- MAY 2, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
FILIPINO MAID SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SAUDI ARABIA FOR MURDER FREED AFTER 15 YEARS IN JAIL
a Filipino maid sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for the 1992 murder of her employer was freed after a US$533,000 settlement was paid to the victim’s family...
- MAY 1, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI KILLER EXECUTED IN MEDINA
a Saudi Interior Ministry statement announced...
- MAY 1, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Bakht Iqbal Mussafer Khan was beheaded in public for drug-related crimes
Bakht Iqbal Mussafer Khan was beheaded in public for drug-related crimes
- APRIL 30, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS MAURITANIAN FOR RAPE
a Mauritanian convicted of rape was beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia in the Muslim holy city of Medina, according to a statement by the interior ministry.
- APRIL 30, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
a Saudi man convicted of murder was beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia...
a Saudi man convicted of murder was beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia...
- APRIL 26, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDIS BEHEAD 3 MEN CONVICTED OF MURDER AND ROBBERY
three Saudis convicted of robbery and murder were beheaded, the Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry said in a statement.
- APRIL 26, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI PRINCE PAYS BLOOD MONEY TO SPARE DEATH ROW VETERAN
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz has payed nearly $400,000 in blood money to the family of murder victim Ismail Ali al-Zahranito to spare the life of convicted murderer Salah Mussaed al-Zahrani.
- APRIL 24, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES MAN FOR MURDER IN LAND ROW
Saudi Arabia executed a convicted murderer...
- APRIL 24, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. SAUDI EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Atef bin Mohammed al-Yassi was beheaded in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, for beating to death Saud bin Mussaed al-Abdali with a piece of wood, official SPA news agency said in a statement.
- APRIL 23, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi for murder in Arar.
- APRIL 23, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
THREE IRAQIS BEHEADED FOR DRUG OFFENCES
Saudi Arabia beheaded three Iraqis nationals for drug smuggling.
- APRIL 20, 2007ChadDEATH PENALTY
TWO CHAD NATIONALS PUBLICLY BEHEADED IN SAUDI ARABIA
two Chad nationals were publicly beheaded in Riyadh after Saudi Arabian courts found them guilty of kidnapping and robbery, the interior ministry said.