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
- APRIL 20, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Wahab Widad, a Pakistani convicted of smuggling...
Mohammad Wahab Widad, a Pakistani convicted of smuggling heroin, was executed in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- APRIL 13, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Kuwait's court of cassation, the emirate's highest...
Kuwait's court of cassation, the emirate's highest court, upheld a death sentence for two Saudi brothers and a Kuwaiti for the kidnapping, rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in May 2002
- APRIL 12, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islamic law that prescribes the death sentence
Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islamic law that prescribes the death sentence
- MARCH 31, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia, which implements strict Islamic sharia...
Saudi Arabia, which implements strict Islamic sharia law, executed Jarwan bin Hamad bin Marhan al-Abdan, a Saudi man, for smuggling drugs into the kingdom
- MARCH 26, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Abdul-Karim al-Ghoraid, a 21-year-old convicted Saudi...
Abdul-Karim al-Ghoraid, a 21-year-old convicted Saudi murderer, escaped death by seconds when he was forgiven by his victim's father as he knelt down before the executioner's sword
- MARCH 9, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia's first independent human rights organisation...
Saudi Arabia's first independent human rights organisation won royal blessing in the latest sign of political reform within the conservative Muslim kingdom
- MARCH 1, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Dhafer Iqbal Qadhi Kalim, a Pakistani convicted of...
Dhafer Iqbal Qadhi Kalim, a Pakistani convicted of smuggling an undisclosed amount of heroin, was beheaded by the sword in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, the Saudi interior ministry said, announcing the first execution in the country this year
- DECEMBER 7, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Saeed bin Manea al-Harith, a convicted...
It was reported that Saeed bin Manea al-Harith, a convicted Saudi Arabian murderer, was spared execution after tribal sheikhs persuaded his victim's father to accept five million riyals ($1
- DECEMBER 4, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Qazma al-Qahtani, a Saudi woman condemned to death...
Qazma al-Qahtani, a Saudi woman condemned to death for suffocating her Saudi husband, Saeed al-Qahtani, as he slept, was beheaded by the sword on in Assir, in the south of the kingdom
- DECEMBER 3, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mashan al-Shamri, a Saudi citizen sentenced to death...
Mashan al-Shamri, a Saudi citizen sentenced to death for killing his father with a machine gun while he was asleep, was beheaded by sword in the eastern city of Dammam
- OCTOBER 22, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Ramadan Sardar and Dhaher Shah bin Faqir Shah,...
Mohammad Ramadan Sardar and Dhaher Shah bin Faqir Shah, two Pakistani nationals sentenced to death for heroin smuggling, were beheaded by sword in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- OCTOBER 17, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Alfjan Mohammad Akbar Khan, a Pakistani found guilty...
Alfjan Mohammad Akbar Khan, a Pakistani found guilty of drug trafficking, was beheaded by the sword in the town of Huta Bani Tamim, in the Riyadh region of Saudi Arabia