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
- JUNE 27, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Yemeni man, Jahwi Hussein Qasim Abubakr, escaped...
A Yemeni man, Jahwi Hussein Qasim Abubakr, escaped execution by the sword in Saudi Arabia when his victim's father stood up at the last minute and forgave him
- JUNE 22, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The execution of Saudi national Salim Bin-Majid Bin-Salim...
The execution of Saudi national Salim Bin-Majid Bin-Salim Al Balalayf was carried out in the Al-Aflaj Governorate of Riyadh
- JUNE 19, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed an Egyptian farm worker who was...
Saudi Arabia executed an Egyptian farm worker who was convicted of beating to death a Pakistani colleague and then setting the corpse on fire, the official Saudi Press Agency reported
- JUNE 18, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed an Indian man convicted of raping...
Saudi Arabia executed an Indian man convicted of raping and strangling to death a four-year-old girl, the official Saudi Press Agency reported
- JUNE 15, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded on four men who were among seven...
Saudi Arabia beheaded on four men who were among seven Saudis convicted of drug trading and killing a policeman, the official Saudi Press Agency reported
- JUNE 15, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi man was beheaded for shooting dead his father,...
A Saudi man was beheaded for shooting dead his father, the official Saudi Press Agency reported
- JUNE 14, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The official Saudi Press Agency reported a Saudi man...
The official Saudi Press Agency reported a Saudi man was beheaded for stabbing dead a compatriot during a fight after the two left school
- JUNE 8, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The Saudi Interior Ministry said that the Islamic Shari'ah...
The Saudi Interior Ministry said that the Islamic Shari'ah Court had found Salim Bin-Da'san al-Utawi, a Saudi national, guilty of murdering his compatriot Ahmad Bin-Mansur Bin-Dagriri and sentenced him to death
- MAY 29, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded three Saudi men for crimes ranging...
Saudi Arabia beheaded three Saudi men for crimes ranging from theft to sodomy
- MAY 25, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saad bin Ali bin Jam'an al-Dossari was beheaded for murder
Saad bin Ali bin Jam'an al-Dossari was beheaded for murder
- MAY 21, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded two Saudi men for the separate...
Saudi Arabia beheaded two Saudi men for the separate murders of compatriots
- MAY 18, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Two men were beheaded in the northwestern city of Tabuk...
Two men were beheaded in the northwestern city of Tabuk for murdering a police officer and trafficking in drugs