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
JUNE 4, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI WHO KILLED WITH CAR EXECUTED BY SWORD
Saudi Arabia beheaded by sword one of its citizens after a court convicted him of murder, the interior ministry said. Shuwail al-Amri was found guilty of killing Mohammed al-Amri, an apparent relative, by deliberately running him over with a car after a
MAY 29, 2013PhilippinesDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: FILIPINO HELD DEATH ROW RELEASED
Rogelio ‘Dondon’ Lanuza, the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who killed a Saudi national, is expected
- MAY 21, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES 5 YEMENIS, DISPLAYS BODIES
Saudi Arabia executed five Yemenis and displayed their bodies in public for killing a national and forming a gang that committed robberies across several towns in the kingdom, the interior ministry said.
- MAY 21, 2013YemenDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed five Yemenis and displayed their bodies in public for killing a national
Saudi Arabia executed five Yemenis and displayed their bodies in public for killing a national
- MAY 20, 2013SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi authorities beheaded a Syrian man today after convicting him of drug trafficking, the
Saudi authorities beheaded a Syrian man today after convicting him of drug trafficking, the
MAY 19, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN SPARED PARALYSIS SENTENCE
A Saudi man escaped a sentence of paralysis for stabbing and paralysing another man by offering him
- MAY 14, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI FAMILY URGES ROYAL APPROVAL OF MAID’S EXECUTION FOR MURDER
The family of an ageing Saudi man murdered by an Indonesian housemaid at his home urged
MAY 14, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA EXECUTIONS TOLL HITS 40
A Saudi convicted of murder was beheaded today, the interior ministry announced, raising to 40 the number of people executed in the kingdom this year.
MAY 12, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI EXECUTES LATEST, BRINGING TOTAL TO 39 THIS YEAR
Saudi Arabia has beheaded a man after he was convicted of killing a relative in the kingdom’s
- MAY 8, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Saudi authorities beheaded a Pakistani man found guilty of smuggling drugs into the kingdom
- MAY 7, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: NATIONAL BEHEADED FOR KILLING WOMAN AFTER RAPE BID
Saudi authorities beheaded by the sword a national convicted of murdering a woman after he
MAY 6, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES SYRIAN DRUG TRAFFICKER
Saudi authorities beheaded a Syrian man after he was convicted of drug trafficking, the interior