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
- AUGUST 8, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: THREE MEN BEHEADED FOR MURDER AND DRUG TRAFFICKING
AUGUST 5, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAGICIAN, MURDERER EXECUTED
Two Saudis were beheaded in the border town of Gurayyat in the Al-Jouf province, an Interior Ministry
AUGUST 4, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: NEPALI MAID BEHEADED FOR TODDLER MURDER
Saudi authorities beheaded a Nepali housemaid convicted of murdering a two-year-old boy by slitting his
- JUNE 25, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: TWO BEHEADED FOR RAPING MINORS
Saudi authorities beheaded two nationals convicted of raping minors in two separate cases.
JUNE 23, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BANK ROBBERY 'TERROR' PLAN
Three men were sentenced to death for attempting to establish an Al Qaeda cell in Saudi Arabia and
JUNE 18, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 26 DISSIDENTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Saudi Arabia has sentenced twenty-six people to death on such charges as giving speeches critical of the Al
- JUNE 11, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI MINISTER SAYS BEHEADING, LASHINGS 'CANNOT BE CHANGED'
Saudi Arabia’s Justice Minister has defended tough Sharia punishments such as beheading, cutting off hands
- JUNE 9, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE OVER SHIITE UNREST
a Saudi court in Jeddah sentenced two people to death and jailed a third for 25 years after they were
MAY 27, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SHIA ACTIVIST SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Saudi court sentenced to death a Shiite protester convicted of attacking police forces during unrest in the
- MAY 26, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN WHO SHOT AT POLICE PATROL SENTENCED TO DEATH
A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a Shia man to death for shooting at a police patrol and learning how to
MAY 7, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: BLOGGER RAIF BADAWI GETS 10 YEAR JAIL SENTENCE
A Saudi court imprisoned blogger Raif Badawi for 10 years for "insulting Islam" and setting up a liberal web
- MAY 6, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: COURT ORDERS TWO THIEVES' HANDS CUT OFF
A Saudi court ordered the severing of the right hands of two thieves accused of stealing sheep in line with