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 18, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: PARDON BY VICTIM’S FATHER SAVES SAUDI FROM GALLOWS
a Saudi court annulled a death sentence against a drunk driver who killed another Saudi in Jeddah after he was pardoned by the victim’s father, newspaper Okaz reported.
- JULY 20, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
A Saudi man was beheaded by sword in the Western city of Taif after being convicted of
JUNE 29, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Obeid bin Saif al-Qahtani was beheaded by the sword in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for fatally
- JUNE 28, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI SENTENCED TO DEATH IN EGYPT FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the criminal court of Ismailia, in northeast Egypt, found Saudi Arabian national Lafi Munther Farhhan...
- JUNE 21, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS AND NAILS MAN'S BODY TO CROSS
Saudi Arabia executed two men, the interior ministry said in a statement cited by the official
- JUNE 14, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIAN EMBASSY IN RIYADH DENIES DEATH PENALTY REPORTS
the Indian Embassy in Riyadh denied reports that Sabir Ansari, an Indian national, had been sentenced to death for killing a compatriot in Saudi Arabia.
- JUNE 13, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN DECAPITATED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabian national Hanni al-Barqawi was executed by beheading in Mecca
JUNE 5, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SUDANESE MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Sudanese man Faisal Ali Abdel Ghani Ahmed was beheaded in Saudi Arabia for
- MAY 25, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: PINOY SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SAUDI FILES APPEAL
overseas Filipino worker Joselito Zapanta, from Pampanga province...
- MAY 25, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: AL-JUNAIDI SENTENCE ENDORSED
the Court of Cassation in Medina, Saudi Arabia, ratified the death sentence handed to Egyptian nationals Muhammad Al-Junaidi and his sister...
- MAY 14, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SUDANESE MAN FACING EXECUTION IN SAUDI ARABIA OVER 'SORCERY' CHARGES
Amnesty International urged Saudi Arabia to halt the possibly imminent execution of a Sudanese man who was sentenced to death for "sorcery".
- MAY 1, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: OFW GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN JEDDAH
an overseas Filipino worker was sentenced to death in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for killing an Indian national and wounding another in February 2009, a report the Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah said. Alberto del Rosario has appealed to the Court of Ca