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 27, 2012Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi newspaper Al-Eqtisadiah reported Saudi Arabia...
Saudi newspaper Al-Eqtisadiah reported Saudi Arabia...
JANUARY 15, 2012PhilippinesDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 'SUICIDAL' FILIPINO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING THREE
A Saudi court sentenced a Filipino man to death after he stole a bus and drove it
JANUARY 14, 2012Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: TWO MIGRANT WORKERS DODGE DEATH ROW IN SAUDI ARABIA
Two Indonesian women working in Saudi Arabia have been granted reprieves from death sentences
- JANUARY 8, 2012Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia beheaded a man convicted of murder, the interior minister said in a statement
JANUARY 4, 2012Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR KILLING
A man convicted in Saudi Arabia of raping and killing a young female relative was beheaded
- JANUARY 4, 2012Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI 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.