Saudi Arabia
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Retentionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 9
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 41
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Executions are carried out in public with a sword
- News items in the archive
- 1,841
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Saudi Arabia is classified as Retentionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 9 executions in the country, against 41 the year before. The archive holds 1,841 news items on Saudi Arabia, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- APRIL 2, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Chadi executed for drug
25 March 2019: Abdulrahman Saleh Hassan (or Abdul Rahman Saleh Hassan, a Chadi, was executed for smuggling a quantity of drug cocaine.
- APRIL 2, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
One Syrian executed for drug
13 March 2019: Ahmad Abdulrahman Abdul Razak, a Syrian national, was executed for smuggling a quantity of amphetamine pills
- APRIL 2, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani executed for drug
18 March 2019: Tur Khan Khawshal Khan (or Taur Khan Khushal Khan), a Pakistani national, was executed for smuggling heroin into his womb.
- APRIL 2, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi executed for murder
12 March 2019: Omer bin Salem bin Manae al-Qahtani, a Saudi national, was executed for murdering anoter Saudi,
- APRIL 2, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi executed for drug
13 March 2019: Khaled bin Halal bin Abdul Qader Sulaimani, a Saudi national, was executed for traffiking cannabis
- APRIL 2, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi executed for murder
14 March 2019: Nayef bin Asaf bin Asaf al-Dariri (or Nayef bin Assaf bin Assaf al-Dossari), a Saudi national, was executed for murder
- APRIL 2, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani executed for drug
27 March 2019: Khalid Khan Muhbet Khan, a Pakistani national, was executed for smuggling heroin.
APRIL 2, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: FOUR PEOPLE EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Saudi Arabia's interior ministry said four people were executed on 1 April 2019 for drug trafficking, including one woman.
- MARCH 25, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI TO EXTRADITE EGYPTIAN DEATH ROW CONVICT
An Egyptian convicted of murder in Egypt is to be flown back to his home country, according to Sabq.
- MARCH 13, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Three Yemenis executed for drugs
21 February 2019: the Ministry of the Interior announced the executions of three men in Jeddah. They are three Yemenis.
- MARCH 13, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Jordan executed for drugs
19 February 2019: the Ministry of the Interior announced the execution of Wael Jamal Abdulqadr Ali, a Jordanian, for smuggling a quantity of drugs in the area of Al-Jouf.
- MARCH 13, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Somali beheaded for murder
21 February 2019: the Ministry of the Interior announced the execution of a Somali, Abdullah Abu Bakr Siddiq, for a series of crimes including murder.
- MARCH 13, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi beheaded for murder
13 February 2019: the Ministry of the Interior announced the execution of the Saudi Ahmed Bin Fawaz bin Nawaf Al-Rashidi for the murder of another Saudi.
- MARCH 13, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi beheaded for murder
13 February 2019: the Ministry of the Interior announced the execution of the Saudi Ali bin Manae bin Ali Al Mardaf for the murder and mutilation of the nose of another Saudi.
- MARCH 13, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Two Indians beheaded for murder
28 February 2019: the Ministry of the Interior announced the executions of Harjith Singh Buda Ram and Satwinour Kumar Barakash, of Indian nationality, for the murder of a compatriot.
- MARCH 13, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Egyptian executed for drugs
19 February 2019: the Ministry of the Interior announced the execution of an Egyptian citizen, Anwar Abdulmohsin al-Banna for a smuggling drugs prohibited in the Tabuk region.
- MARCH 13, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Jordanian executed for drugs
13 February 2019: the Ministry of the Interior announced the execution of Talal Abdullah Al Nawafla, Jordanian, for a smuggling drugs prohibited in the Tabuk region.
- MARCH 13, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
One beheaded for drug
14 February 2019: the Ministry of the Interior announced the execution of Basha Jani Qul Jani for heroin trafficking.
- MARCH 13, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi beheaded for drugs
11 February 2019: the Ministry of the Interior announced the execution of a Saudi, Yahya bin Medawi bin Yahya al-Qahtani, for hashish trafficking.
- MARCH 13, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
An execution for drug
31 January 2019: the Ministry of the Interior announced the execution of Fadhel Mannan Zaman for heroin trafficking. The beheading took place in Riyadh.
- MARCH 13, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
One beheaded for murder
26 January 2019: Majren bin Majid bin Osman al-Utaibi was executed for murder in public for murder according to the site capitalpunishment.uk.
- MARCH 13, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
One beheaded for murder
23 January 2019: the Ministry of the Interior announced the execution of a Saudi, Abdulrahman bin Abderabeh bib Afnan al-Balawi, for the murder of another Saudi.
- MARCH 13, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Three beheaded for drugs
21 January 2019: the Ministry of the Interior announced the execution of three men: Liaquat Ali Baraka - Pakistani nationality - for heroin trafficking and Mohammed Adam Mbaud Imbudo - nationality of Chad - for cocaine trafficking both executed in the pro
- MARCH 13, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Syrian beheaded for murder
6 February 2019: the Ministry of the Interior announced the execution of a Syrian, Majed Thabat Thabit Al Baladi for murder.
- MARCH 13, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
One beheaded for drug
23 January 2019: the Ministry of the Interior announced the execution in Tabuk of a Saudi, Wael bin Saleh bin Assaakr Balawi, for methamphetamine trafficking.
- MARCH 13, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi beheaded for murder
5 February 2019: the Ministry of the Interior announced the execution of the Saudi Abdullah bin Nasser bin Abdullah Al Harthy for the multiple murder.
- MARCH 13, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Woman beheaded for murder
11 February 2019: the Ministry of the Interior announced the execution of a Saudi woman, Aida Bint Shaman bin Banha Rashidi for the murder of her husband's daughter.
- MARCH 13, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani beheaded for drugs
1 January 2019: the Ministry of the Interior issued a statement on the execution of Nizar Ahmed Say Ahmed, of Pakistani nationality, for heroin trafficking, in the Makkah region of Jeddah.
- MARCH 13, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Two beheaded for drugs
1 January 2019: the Ministry of the Interior announced the execution of two men, identified as Otaiwi Faraj Attia Soliman (or Ataiwi Faraj Attia Suleiman) and Subhi Awada Jamie for trafficking amphetamine, hashish and opium pills in the Tabuk region .
- MARCH 13, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
One beheaded for drug
15 January 2019: the Ministry of the Interior announced the execution of Ibrahim Al-Saeed Mohammed al Mursi for trafficking amphetamine pills in the Tabuk region.