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 31, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The verdict handed down by Saudi Arabia's Shariah Court...
The verdict handed down by Saudi Arabia's Shariah Court to the hijackers of a Russian aircraft suggests that the court practices double standards, the deputy head of the Russian governmental administration Alexei Volin stated
- JULY 29, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The mother of a man killed by a car bomb in Saudi Arabia...
The mother of a man killed by a car bomb in Saudi Arabia asked for clemency towards the Scottish man convicted of murdering him
- JULY 29, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Scot and a Canadian lost their appeals against the...
A Scot and a Canadian lost their appeals against the death sentence in Saudi Arabia
- JULY 26, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi man for shooting dead...
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi man for shooting dead a relative in a row over ownership of agricultural land, the Saudi Press Agency reported
- JULY 25, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani national Muhammad Qol Muhammad Nabi Fatih...
Pakistani national Muhammad Qol Muhammad Nabi Fatih Qol was executed in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, after being convicted by the Islamic Shari'ah Court of smuggling drugs into the kingdom, according to a Saudi Interior Ministry statement carried by the Sau
- JULY 23, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers for the five Britons held in connection with...
Lawyers for the five Britons held in connection with anti-western bombings in Saudi Arabia lodged defence submissions with the supreme court in the kingdom
- JULY 17, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a murderer the official Saudi...
Saudi Arabia beheaded a murderer the official Saudi Press Agency reported
- JULY 12, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Indian man for killing three...
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Indian man for killing three Saudi women after breaking into their homes, the Saudi Press Agency reported
- JUNE 16, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad bin Ali al-Khorim , a Saudi man convicted...
Mohammad bin Ali al-Khorim , a Saudi man convicted of murder was beheaded by the sword in the southern province of Najran
- JUNE 1, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia sentenced some of the men it arrested...
Saudi Arabia sentenced some of the men it arrested in the 1996 bombing of a U
- MAY 28, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The Saudi news agency, SPA, carried a Saudi Interior...
The Saudi news agency, SPA, carried a Saudi Interior Ministry statement saying that the Islamic Shari'ah Court had convicted Saudi national Dawud Bin-Muhammad Bin-Salih Al Mutarid al-Yami of the crime of murdering his compatriot Muhammad Bin-Husayn Bin-Al
- MAY 21, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Philippine Labour Secretary Patricia Santo Tomas said...
Philippine Labour Secretary Patricia Santo Tomas said she would ask the Saudi Arabian government to spare the lives of three overseas Filipino workers sentenced to execution in the Middle East kingdom during the six-day visit to Saudi Arabia from May 23 t