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
- AUGUST 4, 2011IndonesiaDEATH 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 PENALTYAMNESTY: 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.
JULY 10, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: THREE NIGERIANS EXECUTED
Saudi Arabia beheaded three Nigerians accused of murdering and robbing a fellow citizen, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.
- JULY 7, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: TIME RUNNING OUT FOR FOUR INDONESIANS ON DEATH ROW
a high-level task force from Jakarta will visit Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- JUNE 30, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: ANOTHER RI MIGRANT WORKER ON DEATH ROW IN SAUDI
Indonesian migrant worker Sumartini binti Manaungi Galisung
- JUNE 27, 2011Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKAN WOMAN FACES 'DEATH BY BEHEADING' IN SAUDI ARABIA
Sri Lankan maid Rizana Nafeek is poised to be executed in Saudi Arabia by beheading in front of a crowd of people for allegedly killing a four-month-old baby in her care in May 2005.
- JUNE 27, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: DEATH ROW FILIPINO MAY BE SAVED BY BLOOD MONEY
the Saudi Arabian Reconciliation Committee (SRC) announced
JUNE 26, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: ‘BLOOD MONEY’ PAYMENT SPARES INDONESIAN MAID FROM EXECUTION
An Indonesian maid convicted of murder in Saudi Arabia has been spared execution by beheading after the Indonesian government paid Rp 4.6 billion ($534,000) in “blood money."