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
JANUARY 24, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 144 PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW SIT FOR EXAMS
thousands of prison inmates in Saudi Arabia sat for mid year examinations this week, including
JANUARY 10, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI MAN EXECUTED IN RIYADH
SPA news agency carried a Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry statement
- JANUARY 6, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabian national Naji bin Arif bin Sa'b al-Shamari, sentenced to death for killing fellow citizen Khalid bin Matrid bin Khalaf Al-Shamari over a family fued, was beheaded in A'rar in the country's north, the interior ministry said in a statement.
- JANUARY 1, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islamic law that prescribes the death sentence for murder...
Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islamic law that prescribes the death sentence for murder, apostasy, rape, drug trafficking, highway robbery, sabotage and armed robbery.
DECEMBER 22, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTYSAUDI BEHEADS BANGLADESHI CONVICTED OF MURDER
Saudi Arabia beheaded Bangladeshi national Kirun Abdelghani in Jeddah
DECEMBER 21, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER OF COMPATRIOT
A Saudi man sentenced to death for killing a fellow citizen was beheaded
- DECEMBER 7, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI MAN EXECUTED FOR STRANGLING WOMAN
Saudi Arabian Abdullah al-Ameri was executed by beheading for murdering a woman
- NOVEMBER 26, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADS MAN FOR MURDERING FIVE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER
Saudi Arabia executed Mosleh bin Salim bin Eid al-Atawi by the sword in the northwestern
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 PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI EXECUTED FOR KILLING BANGLADESHI TAXI DRIVER
Saudi Arabian national Yahya bin Hussein bin Ahmed Magrashi was
- OCTOBER 24, 2010Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: NAFEEK'S DEATH SENTENCE CONFIRMED
Chief Justice Abdullah Al-Rosaimi of the Supreme Court in Riyadh...