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
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
An influential organization of Roman Catholic bishops...
An influential organization of Roman Catholic bishops urged the Philippine government to blacklist Saudi Arabia as a work destination over the scheduled beheadings of Filipinos convicted by Islamic courts there
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi appeals court upheld death sentences against...
A Saudi appeals court upheld death sentences against three Saudi nationals, one in absentia, for the 2000 murder of a 20-year-old Saudi man in the United States
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Saudi man for stabbing to death...
Saudi Arabia executed a Saudi man for stabbing to death a female relative, the Interior Ministry said
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mohamed bin Said bin Mohamed Ali was publicly beheaded...
Mohamed bin Said bin Mohamed Ali was publicly beheaded for murder
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Hasan bin Jaber Hroubi was publicly beheaded for murder
Hasan bin Jaber Hroubi was publicly beheaded for murder
- AUGUST 30, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Two Iraqis convicted of beating and stabbing to death...
Two Iraqis convicted of beating and stabbing to death an elderly Sudanese man and then stealing his money were executed
- AUGUST 29, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
An Interior Ministry statement said that Ali bin Ayed...
An Interior Ministry statement said that Ali bin Ayed bin Shadad, a Saudi national convicted of multiple armed robbery, was executed
- AUGUST 21, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
An unnamed man who killed a male relative with a machine...
An unnamed man who killed a male relative with a machine gun because of a dispute was beheaded in the province of Asir, the Interior Ministry said
- AUGUST 20, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani man convicted of smuggling heroin into...
A Pakistani man convicted of smuggling heroin into the Gulf Arab state was beheaded, the Interior Ministry said
- AUGUST 14, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Hayel al-Sayed Mohammedain, an Egyptian man convicted...
Hayel al-Sayed Mohammedain, an Egyptian man convicted of murder was beheaded
- AUGUST 14, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia: a men beheaded and two had his right hand amputated
- AUGUST 12, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The Saudi authorities executed Yemeni national Muhammad...
The Saudi authorities executed Yemeni national Muhammad Bin-Hasan Bin-Umar Bin-Ali in Jedda after he was convicted by the Islamic Sharia Court of rape and theft