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
JANUARY 4, 2012Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: PINOY WHO KILLED FELLOW OFW ESCAPES DEATH PENALTY
An overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who killed a fellow OFW in Saudi Arabia in 2008
- JANUARY 3, 2012NepalDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: NEPALESE ON DEATH ROW PARDONED
A Nepalese migrant worker on death row in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, for killing a Pakistani
JANUARY 2, 2012Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO NATIONALS EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia beheaded two nationals in the eastern province of Al-Ahsa after convicting them of drug smuggling, the interior ministry said.
- JANUARY 1, 2012Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islamic law that prescribes the death sentence for murder...
Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islamic law that prescribes the death sentence for murder, apostasy, rape, drug trafficking, highway robbery, sabotage and armed robbery.
- DECEMBER 28, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded in public a man,
Saudi Arabia beheaded in public a man,
- DECEMBER 27, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: THREE MIGRANT WORKERS ON DEATH ROW RELEASED
three Indonesian migrant workers facing death penalty in Saudi Arabia had been freed by the authority
DECEMBER 21, 2011EgyptDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 2 EXECUTED FOR KILLING FILIPINO TRUCK DRIVER
two Egyptian nationals convicted of murdering a Filipino truck driver were executed in Riyadh, the Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency.
- DECEMBER 12, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: TWO MIGRANT WORKERS AWAIT DEATH SENTENCE
the government is still working to save two Indonesia migrant workers, Tuti Tursilawati and Siti Zaenab, on death row in Saudi Arabia. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had sent a pardon request to the Saudi Arabian King in October.
DECEMBER 12, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: WOMAN BEHEADED FOR 'SORCERY'
A Saudi woman was beheaded after being convicted of practising sorcery, which is
- DECEMBER 3, 2011Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: ASIAN GANG MEMBERS GET DEATH SENTENCES FOR MURDER
Qayan, Isk and Parshan were sentenced to death by a three-judge panel of the Jeddah General Court for the murder and robbery of a real estate agent in Jeddah in 2007.
DECEMBER 1, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: DEATH UPHELD FOR TRIO IN MAKKAH MURDERS
the Supreme Court has upheld the death sentences issued in Saudi Arabia by
- NOVEMBER 29, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
NEPAL ASKS SAUDI TO DELAY YADAV'S EXECUTION
the Nepali embassy in Riyadh asked for a delay in the execution of Nepali migrant worker Umesh Yadav, 31, from Machijhitakaiya village of Dhanusha district, to ask the victim's relatives to grant a pardon in exchange for blood money.