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
SEPTEMBER 25, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI 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, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTYSAUDI 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 PENALTYSAUDI 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.
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. SAUDI MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER BEHEADED BY SWORD
Saudi Arabia executed Jameel bin Abdullah bin Safar al-Fahmy, a Saudi man convicted of murdering a compatriot after a feud.
- AUGUST 17, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. 2 MEN EXECUTED FOR SMUGGLING HASHISH
Mohammed bin Saad bin Mutheb al-Bilad al-Qahtani , a Saudi national, and Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mutlaq al-Sayhari from Yemen were executed in Jizan province, Saudi Arabia, for smuggling hashish into the kingdom
- AUGUST 17, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Abdel Salam bin Abdel Mohsen bin Matar al-Shummari, a Saudi national, was publicly beheaded
- AUGUST 8, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN EXECUTED FOR STRANGLING COMPATRIOT
Saudi Arabia executed a Saudi man who had been found guilty of murdering another man by strangling him, the country’s Interior Ministry said.
- JULY 25, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. INDIAN BEHEADED FOR KILLING COMPATRIOT
Soper Amani Rafi, an Indian national, was beheaded by the sword in the Saudi capital Riyadh after being convicted of killing a compatriot, the country’s interior ministry announced.
- JULY 18, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDERING TEENAGER IN 54TH EXECUTION OF THE YEAR
Ali bin Ahmad bin Hashidi Shuhaythi, a Saudi man, was beheaded by the sword in the holy city of Mecca, for strangling to death a teenager, the Saudi interior ministry announced.