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
- MAY 25, 2010EgyptDEATH 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, 2010PhilippinesDEATH 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
APRIL 28, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabian national Hussein al-Darwish was beheaded by the sword in Qatif
APRIL 27, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi authorities executed a man by beheading after he was sentenced to death
APRIL 25, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN DECAPITATED FOR MURDER
A Saudi man was decapitated by the sword in the eastern city of Dammam, in Saudi
- APRIL 21, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
SAUDIS NOT TO BEHEAD LEBANESE PYSCHIC
a Lebanese TV psychic condemned to death for witchcraft by a Saudi Arabian court while visiting the country will not be beheaded, his lawyer said.
- APRIL 17, 2010PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: OFW SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING LANDLORD
a Filipino male overseas worker identified only as Joseph from Mexico, Pampanga, was sentenced
- APRIL 6, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: 3 OFWs SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SAUDI
overseas Filipino workers Victorino Gaspar Jr., Paul Miquibas, and Edgardo Genetiano were found guilty of killing and robbing Filipino worker Raymundo Dimaculangan in Jeddah by the Jizan General Shari'ah Court in Saudi Arabia and were sentenced to death.
- APRIL 2, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA 'HOLDS OFF ON EXECUTING SORCERER'
Saudi Arabia apparently stayed the execution of Lebanese former TV presenter Ali Sibat who was convicted of sorcery.
- MARCH 31, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANESE AUTHORITIES URGED TO INTERVENE TO HALT EXPECTED SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTION
Amnesty International urged Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri to halt the imminent execution of Lebanese national Ali Hussain Sibat in Saudi Arabia, after the organisation received reports that an execution is scheduled for tomorrow.
- MARCH 26, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: WOMAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING NEPHEW
the Summary Court in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia, sentenced a 23-year-old woman to death for throwing her sister’s baby to his death from the second floor of their house because he was “born out of wedlock.”