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
- AUGUST 1, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Rana Mohammed Shafik Mohammed Rafik, a Pakistani national...
Rana Mohammed Shafik Mohammed Rafik, a Pakistani national caught smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia, was executed in the kingdom by public beheading in the western city of Jeddah
- JULY 23, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Ayedh bin Eid bin Ayedh al-Shamlani al-Enezi, a Saudi...
Ayedh bin Eid bin Ayedh al-Shamlani al-Enezi, a Saudi citizen convicted of stabbing a compatriot to death was beheaded by the sword in the capital Riyadh
- JULY 18, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Utaik al-Islam Khan, a Bangladeshi man convicted of...
Utaik al-Islam Khan, a Bangladeshi man convicted of murdering a Saudi national, was beheaded by the sword in the western region of Mecca
- JULY 11, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Ali bin Zuheir al-Qorni, a Saudi, was executed in the...
Ali bin Zuheir al-Qorni, a Saudi, was executed in the Mecca region by beheading
- JULY 11, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Omar Khaleq Abdul Khaleq, a Pakistani national convicted...
Omar Khaleq Abdul Khaleq, a Pakistani national convicted of trying to smuggle an unknown quantity of heroin into Saudi Arabia, was beheaded in the country by sword near Riyadh
- JULY 9, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Abdullah Othman Ashur al-Tareqi, a Mali national convicted...
Abdullah Othman Ashur al-Tareqi, a Mali national convicted of murdering a compatriot in Saudi Arabia, was beheaded by sword in the capital Riyadh
- JULY 6, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Makhdoum Ahmad bin Wali Mohammad, a Pakistani national,...
Makhdoum Ahmad bin Wali Mohammad, a Pakistani national, was executed in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, after he was convicted of attempting to smuggle a quantity of heroin into the kingdom
- JULY 6, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Khaled Nasser bin Shaye al-Dossari, a Saudi national,...
Khaled Nasser bin Shaye al-Dossari, a Saudi national, was executed by public beheading for murdering a female compatriot following a dispute
- JULY 4, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saud bin Mohammad bin Hamad al-Idhiani, a Saudi citizen...
Saud bin Mohammad bin Hamad al-Idhiani, a Saudi citizen convicted of stabbing a compatriot to death, was beheaded by the sword in Afif in the Riyadh region
- JULY 3, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Ali bin Saeed al-Shahrani, a Saudi citizen convicted...
Ali bin Saeed al-Shahrani, a Saudi citizen convicted of shooting a compatriot to death, was beheaded by the sword in the southern province of Assir
- JULY 2, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
International rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW)...
International rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Saudi Arabia to spare two female housemaids, from Indonesia and the Philippines, on death row for allegedly killing their female employers
- JUNE 30, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Hekmat Shah Ahmad, a Pakistani man convicted in Saudi...
Hekmat Shah Ahmad, a Pakistani man convicted in Saudi Arabia of drug trafficking, was beheaded by the sword in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah