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 16, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR CHILD RAPE
in Taif, Saudi Arabia, Saad Al-Hathli was executed for kidnapping and raping two schoolboys at a remote area outside the
- NOVEMBER 12, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: PRISONERS OF CHILD GET DEATH
a Medina court in Saudi Arabia sentenced an Egyptian man and his sister to death for kidnapping an Afghani girl and keeping her prisoner for four years.
NOVEMBER 10, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia beheaded two Saudis convicted of murder in the western city of Taif , the interior ministry said
- NOVEMBER 9, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
a court in Medina sentenced a Lebanese man to death for the undefined crime of practicing
a court in Medina sentenced a Lebanese man to death for the undefined crime of practicing
NOVEMBER 7, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Hasan bin Ahmed al-Qarni was beheaded by the sword in the western region of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
NOVEMBER 4, 2009Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS 1 INDIAN, 2 LANKANS FOR MURDER
Two Sri Lankans, one of them a woman, and an Indian were beheaded by the sword in the Red Sea city of Jeddah for theft and murder, the Saudi interior ministry said.
- NOVEMBER 3, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: EXECUTION PUT ON HOLD
the execution of a 21-year-old man for raping two young boys earlier and abandoned one of them to die in the desert in Hail, Saudi Arabia, was postponed.
NOVEMBER 3, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS CRUCIFIXION IN CHILD MURDER CASE
a Saudi Arabian court upheld a sentence to behead and then crucify a 22-year-old man convicted of raping
- OCTOBER 29, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MOTHER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING STEPDAUGHTER
a Saudi Arabian woman was sentenced to death for torturing and killing her seven-year-old stepdaughter.
- OCTOBER 26, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
a man was beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia, after being sentenced to death for shooting a relative during a dispute, the interior ministry said.
- OCTOBER 23, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER OF ELDERLY WOMAN
Saudi Arabian man Ghanim bin Marzuq al-Dosari was beheaded by the sword in Riyadh for murdering an
- OCTOBER 21, 2009LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: ISLAMISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ATTACK AGAINST THE ARMY
the Lebanese Justice system issued death sentences to seven members of the Fatah al-Islam group for a bloody attack against the Lebanese Army in August 2008, a legal source said.