Saudi Arabia 2000
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on Saudi Arabia in 2000
- MARCH 1, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Sami Manie Al-Shamlan, who was sentenced to be beheaded...
Sami Manie Al-Shamlan, who was sentenced to be beheaded for killing Ali Al-Khaldi, was spared the death sentence after he received a pardon
- MARCH 1, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Ali ibn Ali Abu Nieb, a Saudi national, was executed...
Ali ibn Ali Abu Nieb, a Saudi national, was executed after being found guilty of raping a man after taking drugs
- FEBRUARY 28, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mansur ibn Jabir Bin Yahya Hazzazi was beheaded in Riyadh
Mansur ibn Jabir Bin Yahya Hazzazi was beheaded in Riyadh
- FEBRUARY 28, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Sudanese man, Hasan Bin Awad al-Zubayr, was beheaded...
A Sudanese man, Hasan Bin Awad al-Zubayr, was beheaded in Riyadh
- FEBRUARY 23, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Ubaid Bin Saud Bin Mishri Al-Beshi, a policeman, was...
Ubaid Bin Saud Bin Mishri Al-Beshi, a policeman, was sentenced to death and beheaded in Al-Dammam
- FEBRUARY 22, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Two men, Sanad ibn Abdullah Khulaif and Atef ibn Mishwah...
Two men, Sanad ibn Abdullah Khulaif and Atef ibn Mishwah Hamdan, were executed in Medina after being convicted of kidnapping and raping a girl
- FEBRUARY 22, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Faiza bint Hamoud Al-Joufi, a Saudi woman, was beheaded...
Faiza bint Hamoud Al-Joufi, a Saudi woman, was beheaded for killing her husband, Ibrahim ibn Salama Al-Dakheelullah, in Arar
- FEBRUARY 18, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saqr ibn Muhamad ibn Marzouk Al-Otaibi was executed...
Saqr ibn Muhamad ibn Marzouk Al-Otaibi was executed in Taif after being convicted of shooting to death his wife, Masbouba bint Daheem ibn Marzouk Al-Otaibi, her father, Daheem ibn Marzouk and her mother, Haya bint Lafa Al-Mutairi
- FEBRUARY 4, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A man was beheaded for shooting dead another Saudi...
A man was beheaded for shooting dead another Saudi man after a dispute
- JANUARY 26, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Amash ibn Mohsen Al-Qahtani was executed in Riyadh...
Amash ibn Mohsen Al-Qahtani was executed in Riyadh after he was found guilty of shooting and killing Saleh ibn Muhammad Al-Otaibi, another Saudi man
- JANUARY 1, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia has one of the highest rates of executions...
Saudi Arabia has one of the highest rates of executions in the world in both absolute numbers and per capita, accounting for more than 1,000 lives over the last 20 years