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
- JULY 3, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO PAKISTANIS BEHEADED FOR KILLING AUNT
two Pakistani brothers convicted of murdering their aunt were beheaded by the sword in the western Saudi town of Yanbu, the interior ministry announced.
- JUNE 24, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN EXECUTED FOR RAPING WOMAN AT KNIFEPOINT
Saudi authorities executed a man for raping a woman at knifepoint in front of her family, the Interior Ministry announced.
- JUNE 21, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi authorities executed Said bin Seif al-Zibya, a Saudi national convicted of killing a compatriot after an argument in Assir, in southern Saudi Arabia.
- JUNE 10, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. SAUDI MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDERING COMPATRIOT
Melhem bin Fahd bin Amer al-Dosari, a Saudi convicted of murder, was beheaded by sword near the capital Riyadh, the interior ministry said
- JUNE 7, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO YEMENIS BEHEADED FOR KILLING SAUDI WOMAN
two Yemenis were beheaded for killing a Saudi woman after breaking into her home, the Saudi Arabia Interior Ministry said.
- JUNE 4, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. GOVERNMENT SEEKS MERCY FOR DEATH ROW CONVICT IN SAUDI ARABIA
the Philippines asked Saudi Arabia to spare the life of Rey Cortez, a Filipino sentenced to death for murder, the Filipino President Gloria Arroyo's press secretary Ignacio Bunye said.
- JUNE 2, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Ahmed bin Ibrahim al-Zahrani, a Saudi man convicted of stabbing a compatriot to death, was beheaded by the sword in the southwestern city of Al-Baha, the country’s interior ministry announced.
- MAY 26, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. TORCHLIT DEMONSTRATION FOR MAJDA, A MOROCCAN WOMAN AT RISK OF DECAPITATION IN SAUDI ARABIA
the plight of Majda Mustapha Mahir, a 40-year old Moroccan woman condemned to death in Saudi Arabia for the murder of her husband in 1998, took Hands Off Cain and the Association of Moroccan Women in Italy to the streets of Rome in protest.
- MAY 26, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TOP PENALTY FOR GAYS DEATH BY STONING SAYS SAUDI JUDGE
Shaykh Fu'ad al-Majid, president of the general court in Al-Qatif, Saudi Arabia, explained that the religious ruling awaiting those present at a ‘party’ on 19 May, in which 13 homosexuals were present, would be stoning to death if they were married and fo
- MAY 13, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR PATRICIDE
Maidh bin Nasser bin Sarhan al-Mkihli al-Sabei, a Saudi convicted of murdering his father, was decapitated
- MAY 8, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. PAKISTANI EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia executed Salim Abdul-Rahman, a Pakistani national.
- APRIL 23, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. THE FAMILY OF A SOMALI MAN WHO WAS EXECUTED BY SAUDI ARABIA WANTS HIS BODY - AND ANSWERS
the last time Ali Hassan Ibrahim saw his son Abdul Fattah was in 1999, when the Somali teenager left a refugee camp in Kenya to join the legions of foreign workers in Saudi Arabia.