A human rights group criticised Saudi Arabia's "secretive"...

A human rights group criticised Saudi Arabia's "secretive" judicial system following confusion over the sentencing of seven Westerners on trial for alleged involvement in a bombing campaign in the kingdom. "In a fair and transparent judicial system, it should not be a mystery whether trials have taken place or if defendants have been sentenced," Human Rights Watch said in a statement. "Saudi Arabia should open up its highly secretive justice system and end practices that deny fundamental due-process rights to criminal suspects," the New York-based group said, adding that prolonged solitary confinement, confessions and secret trials are "regular features" of the Saudi system.