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
- JUNE 4, 2005PhilippinesDEATH 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
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 26, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALY. 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 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, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTYSAUDI 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.
- APRIL 22, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed Ayed al-Dosari, a convicted Saudi murderer, in the town of Al-Kharj, just south of the capital Riyadh.
- APRIL 20, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Saudi Arabia voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- APRIL 18, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. EGYPTIAN BEHEADED FOR RAPE, MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed Emad al-Wakil, an Egyptian man, for raping and killing a woman, the country’s interior ministry said.
- APRIL 17, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR KILLING TWO INDIANS, PAKISTANI
Saudi Arabia executed Abdul-Rahman bin Sultan al-Otaibi
- APRIL 10, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudis execute six men without sentence
Abshir Hassan, a 29 year old London man, accused Saudi Arabia of executing his brother, Abdul Fattah, and five other Somalis on April 1 without ever telling them that they had been condemned to death.