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
- MAY 26, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Nawwaf Bin-Marzuq Bin-Abdallah and Mas'ad Bin-Luwayfi...
Nawwaf Bin-Marzuq Bin-Abdallah and Mas'ad Bin-Luwayfi Bin-Khudayr were executed in Medina after having been found guilty of consuming alcohol, then breaking into a house and raping a woman
- MAY 26, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Salim Ahmad Hassan Mash'ali, an Iraqi national, was...
Salim Ahmad Hassan Mash'ali, an Iraqi national, was executed in Hafr al-Batin, after having been found guilty of smuggling hashish into Saudi Arabia
- MAY 26, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Mustafa Kamal Abd-al-Qadir Jadu, was executed...
Muhammad Mustafa Kamal Abd-al-Qadir Jadu, was executed and crucified after being found guilty of murdering his Saudi employer, Yusuf Bin-Ahmad Bin-Shahhat Bin-Muhammad Zaghbi
- MAY 25, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Adnan Bin-Abdallah Bin-Qasim Bin-Salih was beheaded...
Adnan Bin-Abdallah Bin-Qasim Bin-Salih was beheaded in Al-Ta'if, after the Grand Shari'ah Court found him guilty of "raping and causing the death of an Indonesian maid
- MAY 23, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indian man convicted of killing a Saudi man and...
An Indian man convicted of killing a Saudi man and his son was executed
- MAY 16, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mengistab Abrahah Ould Girel and Kidani Balabi Dasta,...
Mengistab Abrahah Ould Girel and Kidani Balabi Dasta, both Eritreans, were executed in Al-Ta'if, after being convicted of killing their host by stabbing him to death with a knife several times and seizing his money
- MAY 15, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Isa Khan Sa'idallah, a Pakistani national, was executed...
Isa Khan Sa'idallah, a Pakistani national, was executed in Riyad after he was convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia
- MAY 13, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Seven Nigerians convicted of holding up a bank in Jeddah...
Seven Nigerians convicted of holding up a bank in Jeddah were executed
- MAY 12, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Hanifah Bin-Hamzah Bubakudi, an Indian national, was...
Hanifah Bin-Hamzah Bubakudi, an Indian national, was executed in the Riyadh after being convicted of smuggling heroin into the country
- MAY 12, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mish'al Bin-Hamdan Bin-Hilal al-Harbi, convicted of...
Mish'al Bin-Hamdan Bin-Hilal al-Harbi, convicted of assaulting and raping a girl, was executed in Medina
- MAY 11, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Falih Bin-Muslih Bin-Hujayj Al-Luhaybi was executed...
Falih Bin-Muslih Bin-Hujayj Al-Luhaybi was executed in Medina
- MAY 7, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Akram Bakhsh, a Pakistani man, was publicly...
Mohammed Akram Bakhsh, a Pakistani man, was publicly beheaded for killing a fellow national