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 17, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSaudi national beheaded in Tabuk Region
17 October 2018: Nasser bin Salim bin Nassar Al-Omairi executed for drugs smuggle
- OCTOBER 15, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani national beheaded in Jeddah
15 October 2018: Rauf Ahmed Mohamed Manour executed for drugs smuggle
- OCTOBER 8, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi citizen beheaded in Jeddah
8 October 2018: Jazae bin Halal bin Jazae al-Otaibi executed for murder
- OCTOBER 8, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani national beheaded in Jeddah Governorate
8 October 2018: Mohamed Amin Nour Ahmed executed for drugs smuggle
- OCTOBER 4, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Taef
4 October 2018: Turki bin Nasser bin Sharid al-Dosari executed for murder
- OCTOBER 2, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Arar
2 October 2018: Hani Rabie Madhi al-Ruwaili executed for murder
- 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 PENALTY
SAUDI 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