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 29, 2011SudanDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: PARDON SAVES KILLER FROM GALLOWS
a Sudanese man facing execution in Saudi Arabia after he was convicted of murdering a
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
a Saudi citizen was beheaded after he was convicted of murder.
a Saudi citizen was beheaded after he was convicted of murder.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: YEMENI EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Yemeni national Abdulrazaq Al-Sayed was executed in the southwestern Saudi Arabian city of
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES MAN CONVICTED OF ‘SORCERY’
Sudanese national Abdul Hamid bin Hussain bin Moustafa al-Fakki was beheaded in
SEPTEMBER 18, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: PRISONER DIES DAY BEFORE EXECUTION
A convicted killer in a Saudi jail was found dead a day before he was to be executed
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 14, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADS MURDERER, SYRIAN SMUGGLER
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi national convicted of murder and a Syrian accused of drug trafficking in the conservative kingdom's north, the interior ministry announced.
- 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: MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
in the southwestern Saudi Arabian city of Abha, Mohammed bin Abdullah al-Ghayeb al-Qahtani
- 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