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 7, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: BANGLADESHI NATIONAL EXECUTED IN RIYADH
Muneer Ahmed Hussein Shah, a Bangladeshi national residing in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was executed for murder. A statement by the Saudi Interior Ministry said Shah pleaded guilty to raping a woman, trying to suffocate her and setting her on fire.
AUGUST 2, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES NIGERIAN FOR MURDER
Nigerian national Qorbi bin Musa Adam was beheaded by the sword in Jeddah, Saudi
- JULY 26, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI BEHEADED FOR MURDER
a Saudi Arabian man who shot to death a compatriot following an argument
JULY 15, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
a Saudi man convicted of the murder of a fellow citizen was beheaded by the sword in
- JULY 8, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: ONE DEATH PENALTY IN FIRST SAUDI "TERROR" TRIALS
A Saudi criminal court has convicted and sentenced an al-Qaida militant to death and
- JULY 1, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI BEHEADED FOR MURDER
a Saudi Arabian man condemned to death for murder was beheaded by the sword in
JUNE 27, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDERING HIS WIFE
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a man convicted of stabbing his wife to death
- JUNE 25, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR KIDNAPPING, RAPING BOY
Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry said authorities beheaded a Saudi man convicted of
- JUNE 23, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
a Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry statement said that authorities beheaded Ahmed bin
JUNE 22, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO SAUDIS EXECUTED FOR RAPING BOY, MURDER
two Saudi Arabian men have been recently executed for rape, murder.
- JUNE 21, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
a Saudi Arabian man was beheaded in the central city of Unaizah after being convicted
a Saudi Arabian man was beheaded in the central city of Unaizah after being convicted
- JUNE 18, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
a Saudi man was beheaded by the sword in the southwestern region of Asir
a Saudi man was beheaded by the sword in the southwestern region of Asir