Saudi Arabia 2010
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News on Saudi Arabia in 2010
APRIL 25, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN DECAPITATED FOR MURDER
A Saudi man was decapitated by the sword in the eastern city of Dammam, in Saudi
- APRIL 21, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDIS NOT TO BEHEAD LEBANESE PYSCHIC
a Lebanese TV psychic condemned to death for witchcraft by a Saudi Arabian court while visiting the country will not be beheaded, his lawyer said.
APRIL 17, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: OFW SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING LANDLORD
a Filipino male overseas worker identified only as Joseph from Mexico, Pampanga, was sentenced
- APRIL 6, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: 3 OFWs SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SAUDI
overseas Filipino workers Victorino Gaspar Jr., Paul Miquibas, and Edgardo Genetiano were found guilty of killing and robbing Filipino worker Raymundo Dimaculangan in Jeddah by the Jizan General Shari'ah Court in Saudi Arabia and were sentenced to death.
- APRIL 2, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA 'HOLDS OFF ON EXECUTING SORCERER'
Saudi Arabia apparently stayed the execution of Lebanese former TV presenter Ali Sibat who was convicted of sorcery.
- MARCH 31, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
LEBANESE AUTHORITIES URGED TO INTERVENE TO HALT EXPECTED SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTION
Amnesty International urged Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri to halt the imminent execution of Lebanese national Ali Hussain Sibat in Saudi Arabia, after the organisation received reports that an execution is scheduled for tomorrow.
- MARCH 26, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: WOMAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING NEPHEW
the Summary Court in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia, sentenced a 23-year-old woman to death for throwing her sister’s baby to his death from the second floor of their house because he was “born out of wedlock.”
- MARCH 24, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN ADMITS MURDER 4 YEARS LATER, GIVEN DEATH
the Hail grand court in Saudi Arabia sentenced a young man to death for killing his 67 year old neighbour by poisoning his food with insecticide four years ago.
- MARCH 18, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA 'SORCERY' DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD
Amnesty International has called on the King of Saudi Arabia to halt the execution of a Lebanese
- MARCH 16, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
the Saudi Arabian government stayed the execution of Iraqi man Mohammad Abdul Amir
the Saudi Arabian government stayed the execution of Iraqi man Mohammad Abdul Amir
MARCH 15, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: DEATH ROW MAID IN A FIGHT FOR HER LIFE
Rizana Nafeek is appealing her death sentence for the accidental death of a child that a family
- MARCH 10, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST SORCERER
the Medina General Court in Saudi Arabia upheld its verdict against Arab sorcerer Ali Hussein Subat (aka Shahrzad), 46, for publicly practicing black magic and spreading corruption on the earth.
MARCH 4, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SUDANESE MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
a Sudanese driver convicted of murdering his Saudi Arabian employer has
FEBRUARY 22, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
A Saudi man convicted of murder was beheaded by the sword
- FEBRUARY 17, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabian man Ahmed al-Anzi was beheaded by the sword in the northern province
- FEBRUARY 4, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
two Filipino women, Idan Tejano and Noraisa Talib Mabanding...
two Filipino women, Idan Tejano and Noraisa Talib Mabanding...
- JANUARY 24, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR TRAFFICKING DRUGS
Mohsen bin Mohammed bin Saleh al-Mokhles was beheaded by the sword in Dammam in the east of the kingdom for trafficking in hashish according to a Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry statement carried by the official SPA news agency.
- JANUARY 20, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: ‘QATIF RAPIST’ SENTENCED TO DEATH
a man dubbed the Qatif rapist was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for raping over 100 women in 2006 and blackmailing many of his victims by recording the attacks on video.
- JANUARY 19, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
A Saudi man was beheaded by the sword in Abha, Saudi Arabia, for fatally
- JANUARY 14, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
a Saudi man was beheaded by the sword in Khamis Msheit
- JANUARY 13, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI EXECUTED FOR MURDER
in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Redha bin Abid bin Abdullah Almabadi was beheaded by the sword for fatally stabbing Ahmed bin Mohammad al-Harbi in an argument, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.
- JANUARY 12, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA AMENDS DEATH SENTENCE LAW
Saudi Arabia’s Shura Council passed legislation amending the Criminal Procedure Law so that
- JANUARY 11, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA CARRIES OUT FIRST EXECUTION OF 2010
A Saudi man was beheaded in Madinah for raping and robbing four women after offering to give them a
- JANUARY 9, 2010CanadaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SUPREME COURT REVOKES DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST TWO
the Saudi Arabian Supreme Court annulled the death sentences of two high school pupils accused of murdering a fellow student, Munther Al-Haraki, in January 2007.
- JANUARY 1, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islamic law that prescribes the death sentence for murder...
Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islamic law that prescribes the death sentence for murder, apostasy, rape, drug trafficking, highway robbery, sabotage and armed robbery.