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
NOVEMBER 20, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR SHOOTING DEAD POLICEMAN
A Saudi man was beheaded by the sword after being convicted of shooting dead a policeman
- NOVEMBER 12, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
COURT REJECTS DEATH FOR LEBANESE SORCERER
the Supreme Court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia...
OCTOBER 29, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI EXECUTED FOR KILLING BANGLADESHI TAXI DRIVER
Saudi Arabian national Yahya bin Hussein bin Ahmed Magrashi was
- OCTOBER 24, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: NAFEEK'S DEATH SENTENCE CONFIRMED
Chief Justice Abdullah Al-Rosaimi of the Supreme Court in Riyadh...
- OCTOBER 23, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT
a judge in Saudi Arabia sentenced a man to death for sexually harassing a woman. According to local Saudi news reports, a judge in the town of Arar found the man guilty of trying to blackmail the woman with intimate pictures of herself.
- OCTOBER 22, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: TWO PAKISTANIS EXECUTED FOR RAPE, THEFT
Pakistanis Kahram Shah Zad and Mohammed Abdulqadeer were executed in Riyadh, Saudi
- OCTOBER 18, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE IN RAPE-MURDER
chief judge Suleiman Al-Dakhil of the Mecca High Court in Saudi Arabia sentenced an unidentified man to death for raping and murdering a Umm Al-Qura University lecturer...
- OCTOBER 8, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
IRAN, SAUDI ARABIA, SUDAN: END JUVENILE DEATH PENALTY
only three countries - Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan - are known to have executed an individual since the beginning of 2009 for a crime committed before age 18, Human Rights Watch said today.
- OCTOBER 7, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Riyad
7 October 2018: Abdullah bin Ali bin Mohammed Aatiq executed for murder
- OCTOBER 3, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY URGES SAUDI KING TO COMMUTE DEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International issued an urgent request to the Saudi Arabian monarch to commute the death sentences of Lebanese television psychic Ali Hussain Sibat and another man, both convicted for practicing black magic in the desert kingdom.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia beheaded a murderer by the sword in Medina, the interior ministry announced
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADS MAN CONVICTED OF RAPE
in Saudi Arabia, Abdullah al-Mohammadi was beheaded by the sword in Medina for raping a Saudi