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
- OCTOBER 1, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
In October, a Saudi man, identified as Hani el-Sayegh,...
In October, a Saudi man, identified as Hani el-Sayegh, was extradited from the U
- SEPTEMBER 30, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On September 30, 4 Saudis were executed in a government...
On September 30, 4 Saudis were executed in a government building in Abha
- SEPTEMBER 27, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On September 27, Nigeria protested to Saudi Arabia...
On September 27, Nigeria protested to Saudi Arabia over the Kingdom's execution of Nigerians, mostly convicted of possessing drugs, without informing the Nigerian Government in advance
- SEPTEMBER 24, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On September 24, a Pakistani man was beheaded for trying...
On September 24, a Pakistani man was beheaded for trying to smuggle drugs into the Kingdom in his abdomen
- SEPTEMBER 18, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On September 18, 3 Saudi men were sentenced to death...
On September 18, 3 Saudi men were sentenced to death for a crime spree involving armed robbery, kidnapping and carjacking, during which they shot and injured a man
- SEPTEMBER 17, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On September 17, Wali Dad Sayyed Ajan, an Afghan, and...
On September 17, Wali Dad Sayyed Ajan, an Afghan, and Ashraf Kabir, and Indian, were beheaded for smuggling heroin into the Kingdom
- SEPTEMBER 16, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On September 16, a Saudi man was executed for stabbing...
On September 16, a Saudi man was executed for stabbing to death another Saudi man after a quarrel
- SEPTEMBER 13, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On September 13, 3 men, Fayez bin Ali bin Fahd Al Beeshi,...
On September 13, 3 men, Fayez bin Ali bin Fahd Al Beeshi, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz Al Amri and Abdullah bin Mashabab bin Abdullah Al Shihri, all Saudis, were executed for beating and repeatedly sodomizing a person at gunpoint
- SEPTEMBER 4, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On September 4, Safra Onaibi Slami, a Nigerian woman...
On September 4, Safra Onaibi Slami, a Nigerian woman convicted of drug trafficking, was beheaded in Jeddah
- SEPTEMBER 2, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On September 2, Abdullah bin Ahmad al-Badawi was executed...
On September 2, Abdullah bin Ahmad al-Badawi was executed in the southern province of Aseer for killing another man after a dispute
- AUGUST 13, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On August 13, Ibrahim Mohammad Ali, a Nigerian national,...
On August 13, Ibrahim Mohammad Ali, a Nigerian national, was executed in Jeddah and Shareef Khan Nasser, a Pakistani, was put to death in Mecca, both for smuggling heroin into the Kingdom
- AUGUST 6, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On August 6, an Indian man was executed in Jeddah for...
On August 6, an Indian man was executed in Jeddah for smuggling an unspecified quantity of heroin into the country