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 27, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. 14-YEAR-OLD BOY FACES EXECUTION
a 14-year-old Egyptian boy faces execution in Saudi Arabia after a flawed trial in which he was convicted for the murder of another child, Human Rights Watch said.
- OCTOBER 25, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islamic law that prescribes the death sentence
Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islamic law that prescribes the death sentence
- OCTOBER 3, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. SAUDI SETS UP HUMAN RIGHTS WATCHDOG
Saudi Arabia has set up the first government department for monitoring and boosting human rights in the kingdom, a Saudi official statement said.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. SAUDI EXECUTED FOR HOMICIDE
saudi authorities executed a Saudi national for killing a compatriot by shooting him after running over him with his car.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: DEATH SENTENCE NO LONGER MANDATORY FOR DRUG SMUGGLERS
Saudi Arabia redefined its drug trafficking laws, giving discretionary powers to judges and allowing them to hand down jail sentences instead of awarding the death penalty, the Jeddah-based Saudi Gazette reported.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN EXECUTED FOR PREMEDITATED KILLING
Saudi authorities executed a Saudi national for killing a man by running over him with his car.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed two Saudi men convicted in separate cases of murder, the country’s Interior Ministry said.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. YEMENI, SAUDI EXECUTED FOR RAPE, KIDNAPPING AND THEFT
a Yemeni and a Saudi national were beheaded by the sword in Riyadh after being convicted of kidnapping and raping a woman and stealing her money and jewelry, the Saudi interior ministry said.
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO SAUDIS EXECUTED FOR MURDER
two Saudis convicted of murder were beheaded by the sword in the conservative Muslim kingdom, the interior ministry announced.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. WOMAN TO BE EXECUTED FOR STOPPING RAPE
a young woman was waiting execution in Saudi Arabia for killing a man who was trying to rape her, the Saudi newspaper Arab News reported.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. COUNTRY TO SET UP HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
Saudi Arabia's cabinet approved the establishment of a governmental human rights commission, the latest move by the oil-rich kingdom to address accusations of rights abuses.
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. SAUDI NATIONAL EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Hamad al-Rubli, a Saudi convicted of murder, was beheaded by the sword in Arar on the border with Iraq, the Saudi interior ministry announced.