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 28, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: PARDON BY VICTIM'S DAD SAVES KILLER
A Saudi man on the death row for killing his relative was saved after the victim's father pardoned him just days before his execution.
JULY 28, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SECOND EXECUTION AFTER RAMADAN PAUSE
Saudi Arabia beheaded one of its citizens for drug trafficking, in the second execution after a pause for
JULY 23, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: FIRST EXECUTION AFTER RAMADAN PAUSE
Saudi Arabia carried out its first execution in five weeks after a pause for Ramadan, beheading one of its citizens convicted of a double murder.
JUNE 23, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI CONFIRMS DEATH PENALTIES FOR MURDERS OF 4 FRENCH
Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court has confirmed death sentences for two suspected Saudi Al-Qaeda members
JUNE 16, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYIRAN: DRUG SMUGGLER HANGED IN PUBLIC
one man charged of drug smuggling was hanged in public in the city of Sari, Iran’s Mehr news agency
- JUNE 16, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: TWO MURDERERS BEHEADED
Saudi Arabia beheaded two of its citizens for murder, taking to 102 the number of executions in the kingdom this year.
- JUNE 15, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: BEHEADED 100TH PERSON THIS YEAR
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Syrian drug trafficker and a national convicted of murder, taking to 100 the number of executions in the kingdom this year.
JUNE 10, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI DRUG SMUGGLER BEHEADED
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani convicted of heroin smuggling.
JUNE 3, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SIX INDONESIANS ON DEATH ROW RELEASED AFTER INDONESIA AGREED TO PAY BLOOD MONEY
six Indonesian citizens sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia were released and arrived home, after the
JUNE 3, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS TWO NATIONALS BRINGING EXECUTION TOLL TO 94 IN 2015
Saudi Arabia says it has beheaded two more of its nationals, bringing to 94 the number of such executions so far this year across the Persian Gulf kingdom.
- JUNE 2, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: WIFE KILLER AND DRUG TRAFFICKER BEHEADED
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi man convicted of murdering his wife, along with a Syrian drug smuggler, adding to a toll that activists called a "stain" on the kingdom's rights record.
- MAY 28, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI DRUG TRAFFICKER BEHEADED
Saudi Arabia beheaded a convicted Pakistani drug trafficker, adding to what a United Nations rapporteur