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
SEPTEMBER 16, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia beheaded one of its citizens by sword in Riyadh after he was convicted
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Syrian national accused of drug trafficking.
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Syrian national accused of drug trafficking.
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi national convicted of murder.
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi national convicted of murder.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded in public a man
Saudi Arabia beheaded in public a man
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA TRIPLES BLOOD MONEY
Saudi Arabia has decided to triple diya, the money paid by a killer to the victim’s relatives
SEPTEMBER 6, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
in the southwestern Saudi Arabian city of Abha, Mohammed bin Abdullah al-Ghayeb al-Qahtani
- AUGUST 4, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. 2 INDONESIAN MAIDS ON DEATH ROW WIN REPRIEVE
two Indonesian maids sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia were pardoned, the country’s embassy in Riyadh confirmed.
- JULY 30, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: THREE MEN EXECUTED IN TAIF
in Saudi Arabia, brothers Muhammad and Saud Al-Joaed were beheaded in Taif in the Mecca Province for murdering Hilal Al-Harithy with a gun in a dispute, the Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency.
JULY 25, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SOLDIER’S KILLER BEHEADED
A Saudi man convicted of the murder of a soldier was beheaded in Dammam in eastern Saudi Arabia, the
- JULY 22, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY: SAUDI TERROR LAW 'WOULD STRANGLE PROTEST'
A secret new anti-terror law being drawn up by the Saudi authorities would "strangle
- JULY 18, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
a Saudi man was beheaded in Medina after being convicted of killing a Sudanese man.
a Saudi man was beheaded in Medina after being convicted of killing a Sudanese man.
- JULY 16, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT
a Saudi man was beheaded in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, after being convicted of sexually assaulting another man's wife.