Saudi Arabia 2015
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News on Saudi Arabia in 2015
FEBRUARY 4, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO CONVICTED RAPISTS AND A MURDERER BEHEADED
FEBRUARY 1, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MURDERER BEHEADED, 5TH EXECUTION UNDER NEW KING
Saudi Arabia beheaded a convicted murderer, bringing to five the number of people executed since new
JANUARY 27, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: THREE BEHEADINGS ON SAME DAY
Saudi Arabia carried out the second, third and fourth beheadings under the reign of King Salman just days
JANUARY 26, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: CHILD RAPIST'S BEHEADING IS FIRST EXECUTION UNDER NEW KING
Saudi Arabia beheaded a serial child rapist, in the first execution since King Salman's rise to the throne in
JANUARY 23, 2015Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 3 SRI LANKANS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Three Sri Lankans have been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for breaking into a house while murdering
JANUARY 20, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: CITIZEN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia beheaded one of its citizens for murder in its 12th execution this year, warning it would mete out the same fate to perpetrators of similar crimes.
JANUARY 19, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI HEROIN SMUGGLER BEHEADED IN MECCA
A convicted Pakistani heroin smuggler, Yassir Arafat Munir Ahmed, was executed in the Muslim holy city
JANUARY 19, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: THREE MORE BEHEADINGS
Three inmates have been beheaded in Saudi Arabia in the last days.
- JANUARY 16, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded one of its citizens for shooting dead a compatriot with a machine gun, bringing to 10
Saudi Arabia beheaded one of its citizens for shooting dead a compatriot with a machine gun, bringing to 10
- JANUARY 14, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a convicted Pakistani drug trafficker and one of its own citizens who killed a
Saudi Arabia beheaded a convicted Pakistani drug trafficker and one of its own citizens who killed a
JANUARY 12, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: WOMAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING STEPDAUGHTER, 7
A Burmese woman was executed in Makkah, in western Saudi Arabia, after she was found guilty of
- JANUARY 11, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: INDONESIA PAYS $1.87 MILLIONS TO SAVE MAID FROM DEATH ROW
the Indonesian government formally appealed to Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah to pardon a maid on death
- JANUARY 10, 2015EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: ETHIOPIAN KILLER MAID GETS DEATH SENTENCE
A penal court in Taif has sentenced an Ethiopian maid to death for killing her woman sponsor with an axe.
- JANUARY 8, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING AND MURDER
A Pakistani man convicted of drug trafficking and a Saudi national convicted of murder were beheaded in Riyadh, the interior ministry said.
- JANUARY 8, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN PARDONS SON’S KILLER
A Saudi father saved the life of his son’s killer by forgiving him in court and refusing a large sum of money as
- JANUARY 7, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Suwaileh al-Sahimi, a Saudi convicted of murder, was executed in the holy city of Medina, the interior
Suwaileh al-Sahimi, a Saudi convicted of murder, was executed in the holy city of Medina, the interior
- JANUARY 6, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADS SYRIAN, 3RD EXECUTION IN 2015
Saudi authorities beheaded a Syrian convicted of drugs trafficking, the interior ministry said, in the third execution this year in the ultra-conservative kingdom.
- JANUARY 1, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islamic law
Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islamic law
- JANUARY 1, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: 2 INMATES BEHEADED IN FIRST EXECUTIONS OF 2015