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
- 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 PENALTYSAUDI 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, 2007IraqDEATH 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.
- APRIL 17, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
EGYPTIAN FACES DEATH OVER SAUDI KORAN DESECRATION
an Egyptian living in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to death for desecrating the Koran and renouncing Islam.
APRIL 16, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR RAPING MINORS
a Saudi man convicted of raping minors was executed by beheading in Riyadh, the
- APRIL 13, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI EXECUTED IN TABUK FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the Saudi news agency SPA website carried a Saudi Interior Ministry statement saying that Hamdan Bin-Ayyad Bin-Sulayman al-Mas'udi, a Saudi national, had been executed in Tabuk
- APRIL 13, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
sentenced to death for the murder of a man who attempted to blackmail her....
sentenced to death for the murder of a man who attempted to blackmail her...
- APRIL 10, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI EXECUTED FOR MURDER IN ASIR REGION
the Saudi Press Agency SPA carried an Interior Ministry statement saying that Saudi citizen Fayiz Bin-Yusuf Bin-Muhammad al-Shihri was executed for fatally shooting Saudi citizen Hasan Bin-Ali Bin-Uthman al-Shihri after being found guilty in the courts.
- APRIL 9, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES MAN FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed Saudi national Mejhar Al Dosari for murdering Saad Al Dosari, the Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency