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
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani national beheaded in Wadi Al-Dawaser Governorate
27 September 2018: Muhammad Jan Hamid Khan executed for heroin smuggle
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Jeddah
25 September 2018: Lafi bin Mohammed bin Menir al-Majnuni executed for murder
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: THREE MUSLIM CLERICS MAY BE EXECUTED
Three leading clerics in Saudi Arabia may be executed on charges of promoting an extremist agenda, rights activists claim, La Croix International reported on September 18, 2018.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: CITIZEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SHOOTING POLICE OFFICER ’30 TIMES’
Saudi Arabia’s specialised criminal court sentenced a man to death on September 16, 2018 for shooting and killing a police officer.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Jezan
11 September 2018: Mohammed bin Hassan bin Ahmed Mubarak executed for murder
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi citizen beheaded in Riyad
6 September 2018: Aayedh bin Mutaab bin Ali Hanbashi executed for murder
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Egyptian citizen beheaded in Riyad
6 September 2018: Mohamed Radwan Ahmed Yassin executed for murder
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Egyptian national beheaded in Asir
5 September 2018: Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed Abdel Halim executed for murder
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI NATIONAL EXECUTED FOR SHOOTING AND KILLING MAN IN ASIR
A Saudi national was executed in the kingdom for shooting and killing a man in the region of Asir, the kingdom’s interior ministry announced.
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Abha
3 September 2018: Gibran bin Salem bin Joueid al-Qahtani executed for murder
- AUGUST 15, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Two Saudi citizens beheaded in Rivadeh
15 August 2018: Abed allah al-Qahtani and Turki al-Qahtani executed for murder
- AUGUST 13, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Tae
13 August 2018: Sael bin Hilal al-Harthi executed for murder