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
- DECEMBER 6, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SUPREME COURT COUNCIL UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR TORTURE
last week the Supreme Court Council in Saudi Arabia upheld the death sentences issued in April by a Makkah judge against the father and stepmother of a nine year old girl, Ghosun, who was repeatedly tortured and later died.
- DECEMBER 1, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Walid bin Hussein bin Majhud al-Shehri was publicly decapitated in Riad, Saudi Arabia...
Walid bin Hussein bin Majhud al-Shehri was publicly decapitated in Riad, Saudi Arabia...
- NOVEMBER 25, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI EXECUTED FOR MURDER IN NAJRAN
a Saudi Arabian man was beheaded by the sword in the southern city of Najran after he was convicted of murdering a compatriot, the interior ministry said.
- NOVEMBER 23, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTANI CONVICTED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING BEHEADED IN SAUDI ARABIA
a Pakistani man was beheaded in Saudi Arabia after being convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI AUTHORITIES BEHEAD PAKISTANI CONVICTED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Pakistani man convicted of smuggling heroin into the kingdom...
- NOVEMBER 19, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI AUTHORITIES BEHEAD SAUDI MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Saudi man convicted of fatally stabbing another compatriot over a dispute, the Interior Ministry said.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
FILIPINO SPARED FROM DEATH IN TAIF REUNITED WITH FAMILY
Ronilo Arandia, a Filipino driver working in Saudi Arabia, who was spared from execution in Taif, arrived back in the Philippines.
- NOVEMBER 15, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS GHANIAN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Ghanian man convicted of smuggling cocaine in his intestinal tract...
- NOVEMBER 12, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH VERDICT ON ‘ABU KAB’
the General Court in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, upheld the death sentence it previously passed on Faisal Al-Otaibi (also known as Abu Kab), who was convicted of killing three children while joyriding in the northern part of Jeddah Corniche in 2005.
- NOVEMBER 11, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: PRISONER BEHEADED FOR KIDNAP AND RAPE
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Saudi citizen...
- NOVEMBER 10, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. PAKISTANI EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
a Pakistani man was beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia after he was convicted of drug smuggling, th
- NOVEMBER 9, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
MAN BEHEADED IN SAUDI ARABIA FOR MURDER
in Saudi Arabia, Mohammed al-Fifi was executed in the north-western city of Tabuk.