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
OCTOBER 11, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: YOUNG MEN FACE IMMINENT EXECUTION DESPITE ASSURANCES ON RE-SENTENCING JUVENILES TO PRISON TERMS
At least three young men in Saudi Arabia are at imminent risk of execution after an appeal court confirmed their sentences between June and October this year, Amnesty International said on 10 October 2022.
OCTOBER 10, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TRIBESMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RESISTING DISPLACEMENT
A Saudi court on 2 October 2022 sentenced three members of the Howeitat, a tribe forcibly ejected to make way for the $500 bn Neom megacity, to death for resisting displacement, a UK-based rights group has reported.
OCTOBER 3, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAID EXECUTED FOR STABBING A SLEEPING GIRL TO DEATH
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 2 October 2022 executed an African maid who was convicted of murdering a child.
- JUNE 27, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA FREES YOUNGEST PRISONER WHO FACED EXECUTION
Saudi authorities have released Murtaja Qureiris, who was once considered to be the kingdom's youngest political prisoner, a human rights group confirmed on 24 June 2022.
- JUNE 15, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN CONVICTED AS MINOR
A Saudi court has upheld a death sentence against teenager Abdullah al-Huwaiti, who was convicted for crimes reportedly committed when he was a minor.
APRIL 3, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: EGYPTIAN EXPAT EXECUTED OVER KIDNAPPING AND RAPING CHILD
The Saudi Ministry of Interior on 28 March 2022 announced in a statement the execution of an Egyptian expatriate who was sentenced to death over luring two children, kidnapping a female child, torturing and raping her.
MARCH 24, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING WIFE, 4 KIDS
Saudi authorities on 23 March 2022 executed a Yemeni man convicted of murdering his wife and four children in the family’s house.
MARCH 21, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR SLITTING THROATS OF 3 DAUGHTERS
A Saudi man, convicted of slaying three of his daughters, was executed on 16 March 2022 after he was handed down a final death verdict, Saudi media reported, citing the Interior Ministry.
- MARCH 20, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: AUTHORITIES PUT FOUR PEOPLE TO DEATH
Saudi Arabia on 17 March 2022 executed four men - two Saudis, two Indonesians - after being found guilty of committing murder and rape, state news agency (SPA) reported.
- MARCH 14, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: 81 MEN EXECUTED IN ONE DAY, THE BIGGEST MASS EXECUTION IN DECADES
Saudi Arabia executed 81 men on 12 March 2022, including seven Yemenis and one Syrian, for terrorism and other offenses including holding “deviant beliefs,” authorities said, in the biggest mass execution in decades.
MARCH 3, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: COMMUTED DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN CONVICTED AS MINOR REINSTATED
A Saudi man sentenced to death for crimes reportedly committed when he was a minor, only to see the judgement overturned last year, had his death sentence reinstated on 2 March 2022, according to his family.
FEBRUARY 17, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: JORDANIAN EXECUTED FOR MURDERING MAN
Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry has announced the execution of Jordanian expatriate man for strangling to death a Saudi man in Jazan, southwest of the Kingdom.