Saudi Arabia

SAUDI ARABIA. PAKISTANI AND NIGERIAN BEHEADED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

a Pakistani and a Nigerian convicted of drug trafficking were beheaded by the sword in the western Saudi city of Mecca.

SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS A MAN WHO SHOT DEAD A COMPATRIOT AFTER AN ARGUMENT

Saudi Arabia beheaded a citizen who shot dead a compatriot after an argument, the Saudi Interior Ministry said.

SAUDI ARABIA. MADINAH ‘SERIAL KILLER’ SENTENCED TO DEATH

Khaled S., arrested on suspicion of serial burglary and rape, has been found guilty and sentenced to death by the Madinah General Court, Saudi Arabia, the Al-Watan newspaper reported.

SAUDI MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER OF MOTHER-IN-LAW

a man convicted of murdering his mother-in-law was executed in Saudi Arabia. The official news agency said Naji al-Tharawi, a Saudi, was put to death in the city of Mecca.

SAUDI ARABIA. WIDOW GIVES BIRTH, JUDGE WANTS HER STONED TO DEATH

a 39 year old widow was sentenced to be stoned to death in the Saudi city of Hail, the local al-Watan daily reported.

SAUDI ARABIA. PAKISTANI EXECUTED FOR MURDER

Saudi Arabia executed a Pakistani for murder.

SAUDI ARABIA. CHADIAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING

Saudi Arabia executed a Chadian for drug smuggling. The official Saudi Press Agency said the man from Chad was caught smuggling cocaine into the country.

SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER

a Saudi man, found guilty of murdering a fellow national, was beheaded in the Assir region, in south-western Saudi Arabia.

SAUDI SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR JOINING IRAQ INSURGENCY

a Saudi radical accused of participating in the insurgency in Iraq, has been sentenced to death by the country’s criminal court, the US military said.

SAUDI ARABIA. THREE PAKISTANIS EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING

Saudi Arabia executed three Pakistanis, including two women, for drugs smuggling, taking to 20 the number of reported executions in the conservative kingdom in 2006.

SAUDI ARABIA. NIGERIAN WOMAN EXECUTED FOR DRUGS SMUGGLING

Saudi Arabia executed a Nigerian woman for drugs smuggling.

SAUDI ARABIA. EXECUTED FOR MURDER

Barakat bin Sadun bin Raja' al-Outaibi, a Saudi man, was put to death in the capital Riyadh.

SAUDI ARABIA. MEN BEHEADED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING

Saudi Arabia beheaded two foreign nationals on charges they smuggled heroin and cocaine into the country, the Interior Ministry said.

SAUDI ARABIA. PRINCE SAVES FOUR PEOPLE FROM EXECUTION

four Saudis convicted of murder were saved from beheading thanks to the intercession of the governor of Mecca province, the Okaz daily reported.

SAUDI ARABIA. AFGHANI BEHEADED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING

SAUDI ARABIA. BANGLADESHI BEHEADED FOR MURDER

Saudi Arabia beheaded a Bangladeshi man convicted of murdering an Egyptian, the Interior Ministry said.

SAUDI ARABIA. TWO SAUDIS, THREE YEMENIS BEHEADED FOR MURDER

two Saudis and three Yemenis were beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia on after they were convicted of murder, the interior ministry said.

SAUDI ARABIA. SAUDIS BEHEAD YEMEN MAN FOR RAPE

a Yemeni convicted of raping a woman expatriate in Saudi Arabia was beheaded by the sword in the capital Riyadh.

SAUDI ARABIA. MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING FATHER

Saudi Arabia executed a man convicted of killing his father.

SAUDI ARABIA. YEMENI BEHEADED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

a Yemen national was beheaded with a sword in southern Saudi Arabia after being convicted of drug smuggling.

SAUDI ARABIA. IRAQI EXECUTED FOR DRUG DEALING

Saudi Arabia executed Muhammad Bin-Shalal Bin-Farhud al-Shammari, an Iraqi man convicted of trafficking heroin in the strict Muslim kingdom.

SAUDI ARABIA. BORDER GUARD BEHEADED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

a border guard officer has been beheaded for drug trafficking, press reports said. Khalaf bin Faheed al-Inizi was found guilty of smuggling a large quantity amphetamines.

SAUDI ARABIA. TWO SOLDIERS BEHEADED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

two Saudi soldiers were beheaded with a sword after being convicted of drug smuggling, the Saudi interior ministry said.

SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER

a Saudi man condemned to death for murder was beheaded with a sword in the north of the country.

SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER

SAUDI ARABIA. FILIPINA SAVED FROM BEHEADING

Sarah Dematera, a Filipina convicted of murder in Saudi Arabia, has been saved from execution through the intercession of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, and the victim's family has accepted part of a total of 28 million pesos (417,000 EU) in blood mon

SAUDI ARABIA. TWO INDIANS TO BE BEHEADED

an Islamic court in Saudi Arabia has awarded capital punishment to two Indians for smuggling narcotics into the kingdom about two-and-a-half years ago, reports reaching from Damam said.

SAUDI ARABIA. THREE SRI LANKANS FACE EXECUTION FOR ROBBERY

three Sri Lankan nationals were reported to be at risk of imminent execution. Their cases had been referred to Saudi Arabia’s Head of State, King Abdullah Bin ‘Abdul ‘Aziz Al-Saud, to decide whether to grant clemency or to ratify their sentences, a report

SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDERING RELATIVE

a Saudi national was beheaded by the sword after being convicted of murdering a relative, the interior ministry said in a statement.