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
- MARCH 31, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Hussein Ahmad al-Ramahi was publicly beheaded for armed...
Hussein Ahmad al-Ramahi was publicly beheaded for armed robbery
- MARCH 15, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Five Britons accused of bomb attacks in Saudi Arabia...
Five Britons accused of bomb attacks in Saudi Arabia have retracted their confessions
- MARCH 11, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A man was publicly beheaded in Saudi Arabia for murdering...
A man was publicly beheaded in Saudi Arabia for murdering a man by running over him several times with his car
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia is trying seven foreigners accused of...
Saudi Arabia is trying seven foreigners accused of bomb attacks that raised fears of anti-western terror in the kingdom, the interior minister said
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Thirty-five convicted drug traffickers were executed...
Thirty-five convicted drug traffickers were executed in Saudi Arabia in 2000, in most cases after swift, secret trials without lawyers or juries
- FEBRUARY 1, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi man for shooting a compatriot...
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi man for shooting a compatriot to death after a dispute
- FEBRUARY 1, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Three Moroccan human rights associations called for...
Three Moroccan human rights associations called for a new trial for Majda Mostefa Mahir, a Moroccan woman recently condemned to death for the killing of a Saudi prince, Farid Ben Abdallah Al-Mishari Al-Saoud
- JANUARY 30, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Prince Talal bin, half-brother of King Fahd of Saudi...
Prince Talal bin, half-brother of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, said that if the kingdom, an absolute monarchy, is to integrate itself in the modern world it needs a gradual political evolution
- JANUARY 15, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Islamic scholars from across the Muslim world, in a...
Islamic scholars from across the Muslim world, in a bid to align themselves with the global movement against terrorism, have agreed on a definition of the term, but excluded Palestinian attacks against Israel from their condemnation
- JANUARY 1, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Three Saudi nationals convicted of homosexuality were...
Three Saudi nationals convicted of homosexuality were beheaded in the south of the country on January 1
- JANUARY 1, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islamic...
Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islamic law that prescribes the death sentence for murder, rape, drug trafficking and armed robbery
- JANUARY 1, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Of 889 executions recorded by Amnesty International...
Of 889 executions recorded by Amnesty International between 1990 and 2000, over half of the victims were migrant workers