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 20, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Foreigners condemned to death in Saudi Arabia typically...
Foreigners condemned to death in Saudi Arabia typically were unaware of their sentences and had no advance notice of their date of execution, according to former prisoners in the Arab kingdom
- JULY 18, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded Adnan al-Shahrani in the capital...
Saudi Arabia beheaded Adnan al-Shahrani in the capital Riyadh on for attempting to rape a woman in her home, the Interior Ministry said
- JULY 12, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Sri Lankan woman was beheaded in the Saudi capital...
A Sri Lankan woman was beheaded in the Saudi capital for murdering her employer, the Interior Ministry said
- JUNE 26, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The Saudi government beheaded 52 men and one woman...
The Saudi government beheaded 52 men and one woman last year for crimes including murder, homosexuality, armed robbery and drug trafficking
- JUNE 18, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The Saudi Interior ministry said the country had executed...
The Saudi Interior ministry said the country had executed Saqr bin Abdulaziz al-Subayee in the western city of Taif after he had been convicted the previous month of fatally shooting another Saudi during an argument
- MAY 31, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Two Saudi nationals and a Kuwaiti convicted of the...
Two Saudi nationals and a Kuwaiti convicted of the abduction, rape and murder of a six-year-old girl were executed in Kuwait, and their corpses displayed in public
- MAY 26, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International said in its report for 2003 that...
Amnesty International said in its report for 2003 that "gross" human rights violations continued in Saudi Arabia where discrimination against women also remained "endemic"
- MAY 17, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national Sarhan bin Hassen bin Mahdi al-Kobra,...
Saudi national Sarhan bin Hassen bin Mahdi al-Kobra, convicted of murdering a compatriot after a quarrel, was beheaded by the sword in the country's capital Riyadh
- MAY 1, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Prince Fahd bin Nayef, a minor Saudi prince aged 19,...
Prince Fahd bin Nayef, a minor Saudi prince aged 19, was saved from the executioner's sword by a last-minute pardon by the father of the teenager he murdered
- APRIL 26, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Dheeb bin Mohammed bin Bashir al-Qahtani was executed...
Dheeb bin Mohammed bin Bashir al-Qahtani was executed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after being convicted of killing another Saudi in a row over money
- APRIL 21, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia voted against the resolution on the death...
Saudi Arabia voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 20, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Seif bin Olayan bin Mohammad al-Zughaibi, a Saudi national,...
Seif bin Olayan bin Mohammad al-Zughaibi, a Saudi national, was executed in Riyadh for shooting Abdullah bin Marzouq al-Harbi after a row which broke out as they drove in the capital