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
- FEBRUARY 18, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Prince Charles pleaded with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince...
Prince Charles pleaded with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz for the lives of three Britons who face being beheaded in Saudi Arabia, after Arab Ministers vowed to carry out their executions
- FEBRUARY 16, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani man was executed in the sea port city of...
A Pakistani man was executed in the sea port city of Jedah for stabbing to death his Afghan wife
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi man was executed in the Qassim region for murdering...
A Saudi man was executed in the Qassim region for murdering a compatriot during a dispute
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo instructed...
Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo instructed the Department of Foreign Affairs to appeal the case of six overseas Filipino workers who were sentenced to death in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- FEBRUARY 9, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Justin Rodway, son of Briton Christopher Rodway killed...
Justin Rodway, son of Briton Christopher Rodway killed in Riyadh, said he was not an advocate of capital punishment but had been forced to rethink his views following the death of his father
- FEBRUARY 8, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi man, Matruk Bin-Bunayyan Bin-Talaq al-Karshami...
A Saudi man, Matruk Bin-Bunayyan Bin-Talaq al-Karshami al-Utaybi, was executed near the holy city of Mecca after being convicted of shooting dead a fellow national, Uqab Bin-Uwayd Bin-Zayid al-Karshami al-Utaybi, during a dispute over money
- FEBRUARY 6, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The Saudi opposition Movement for Islamic Reform in...
The Saudi opposition Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia (MIRA) said the British, Canadian and Belgian nationals being held in a Saudi jail will not face the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 5, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A British man, Alexander Mitchell, and a Canadian,...
A British man, Alexander Mitchell, and a Canadian, William Sampson, confessed on Saudi television to the November 17, 2000 bombing that killed Christopher Rodway and injured his wife in the Saudi capital Riyadh
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed in Al-Qatif Governorate two Indian...
Saudi Arabia executed in Al-Qatif Governorate two Indian men for stabbing to death a co-worker
- JANUARY 30, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed in Mecca three [unidentified]...
Saudi Arabia executed in Mecca three [unidentified] nationals for stabbing and raping a Saudi woman before robbing her
- JANUARY 26, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
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- JANUARY 25, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi man convicted of murdering a fellow citizen...
A Saudi man convicted of murdering a fellow citizen was beheaded in southern Saudi Arabia