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 16, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. PAKISTANI BEHEADED FOR MURDERING COMPATRIOT
Mohammad Zadeh Sawali, a Pakistani national, was beheaded by the sword in the northern Saudi town of Arar after being convicted of killing a compatriot residing in the kingdom, the Saudi interior ministry announced.
- JULY 14, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
52ND EXECUTION OF THE YEAR
Mohammad bin Ghanem al-Fifi, a Saudi man, was beheaded by the sword in the southwestern region of Asir after he was convicted of fatally shooting a compatriot.
- JULY 10, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HEROIN SMUGGLING
the semi-official Saudi Ukaz daily said a tribunal in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah had sentenced a Pakistani and an Afghan to death for smuggling heroin into the country.
JULY 10, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. WOMAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed Noura al-Faydi, a Saudi woman convicted of stabbing to death another woman and setting her body on fire.
JULY 7, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. MONEY SAVES PALESTINIAN TEENAGER FROM EXECUTION
it was reported that a Palestinian teenager on death row in Saudi Arabia on charges of killing her Saudi husband at the age of 13 would walk free within days after her in-laws accepted "blood money".
- JULY 5, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Sultan al-Laqmani, a saudi national, was hanged in the city of Medina
Sultan al-Laqmani, a saudi national, was hanged in the city of Medina
JULY 3, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTYSAUDI 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 PENALTYSAUDI 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 11, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT. DEATH PENALTY DEMANDED FOR 34 MILITANTS
Kuwait’s public prosecutor demanded the death penalty for 34 of 37 militants suspected of links to Al Qaeda and deadly clashes with police in January 2005.
- 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, 2005YemenDEATH 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.