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
OCTOBER 26, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: EMIRATI PAYS OVER $4M TO SAVE KILLER’S LIFE
in Saudi Arabia, an unknown UAE donor gave more than $4 million (Dh14.69m) to save a
OCTOBER 19, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: WOMAN EXECUTED FOR BURNING HUSBAND TO DEATH
A Saudi woman convicted of burning her husband to death was beheaded today, the
OCTOBER 18, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO MEN BEHEADED FOR RAPE
Two Saudi men were beheaded by the sword for rape in southwestern Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by the kingdom's official news agency.
- OCTOBER 17, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA MAID FACING DEATH SENTENCE IN SAUDI
Tuti Tursilawati, an Indonesian maid from Cikeusik village, Majalengka, in West Java, was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia after Ramadan in 2011.
- OCTOBER 12, 2011YemenDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: FOUR EXECUTED FOR MURDER
two Saudi Arabian women were executed in Riyadh and two Yemenis were executed
OCTOBER 10, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR KILLING OWN GRANDMOTHER
A Saudi man convicted of murdering his own grandmother was beheaded in Medina in western
- OCTOBER 9, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: 5 MORE BANGLADESHIS ON SAUDI DEATH ROW
“a Sharia court sentenced five Bangladeshis in Riyadh to death in three cases for murdering three compatriots,” Haroon-or-Rashid, Bangladesh's labour counsellor in Saudi Arabia, said.
- OCTOBER 9, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
a Saudi man convicted of murder was executed by the sword
a Saudi man convicted of murder was executed by the sword
- OCTOBER 7, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
two Saudis, convicted killers on death row, were executed in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
two Saudis, convicted killers on death row, were executed in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
- OCTOBER 7, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed eight Bangladeshi nationals for their part in an armed robbery in
Saudi Arabia executed eight Bangladeshi nationals for their part in an armed robbery in
OCTOBER 7, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 10 BEHEADED IN ONE DAY
Saudi Arabia executed eight Bangladeshi nationals and two Saudis for murder, the state
- OCTOBER 4, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
JORDANIANS PROTEST SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTION VERDICTS
Scores of Jordanians demonstrated in front of the Saudi Arabian embassy in Amman to protest