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
- JULY 4, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIAN FREED FROM DEATH PENALTY IN SAUDI RETURNS TO INDONESIA
Nurkoyah Marsan Dasan, an Indonesian female worker from Rengasdengklok, Karawang, West Java Province, awarded death penalty by the Saudi Court for the death of the child of her employer, was released and finally returned to Indonesia.
- JULY 4, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Medina
4 July 2018: Salman al-Saaedi executed for murder
- JULY 3, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian citizen beheaded in Medina
3 July 2018: Abo Doromi Aweeda executed for cocaine smuggle
- JULY 3, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi citizen beheaded in Isha
3 July 2018: Ahmad bin Yaakoob executed for murder
- JULY 1, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Indian citizen beheaded in Mecca
1 July 2018: Askhar Anwar Sek executed for murder
- JUNE 28, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Yemeni citizen beheaded in Rivadeh
28 June 2018: Tarsh Saleh executed for murder
JUNE 26, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR BURNING FATHER WHILE HE WAS SLEEPING
The Ministry of Interior in Saudi Arabia just issued a press statement, indicating that the man who burned his father alive has been executed.
- JUNE 25, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi citizen beheaded in Asir
25 June 2018: Abed allah al-Beeshe executed for murder
- JUNE 8, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE OVERTURNED FOR NURKOYAH
AN INDONESIAN WOMAN
- JUNE 7, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. SLEEPER TERROR CELL BUSTED
LINKED TO IRAN
- MAY 14, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi citizen beheaded in Khamis Msheet
14 May 2018: Hadi bin Hassan al-Msheekhi executed for murder
- MAY 13, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi citizen beheaded 16 years after crime
13 May 2018: Jameel Bin Mohammad Al Aseeri executed over armed attacks on banks