SAUDI ARABIA HAS NOW EXECUTED MORE THAN 100 FOREIGNERS THIS YEAR

Saudi Arabia put two Ethiopians to death on July 10, 2025, pushing this year’s number of foreigners executed past 100 – a spike in capital punishment that human rights groups have strongly condemned.
The pair were executed on drug charges, the interior ministry said, bringing AFP’s tally of foreigners put to death since the beginning of the year to at least 101.
“Khalil Qasim Muhammad Omar and Murad Yaqub Adam Siyo – both of Ethiopian nationality – were found guilty of smuggling hashish,” read the statement published by the Saudi Press Agency.
“Upon referral to the competent court, a verdict was issued confirming the charges against them and sentencing them to death.”
In total, 189 people have been executed in 2025, according to AFP’s count, including 88 Saudis.
In 2024, the 100-foreigners execution mark was only surpassed in November in the Gulf kingdom, one of the world’s leading users of the death penalty.
According to a previous AFP tally, at least 338 people were executed last year, compared with 170 in 2023 – far surpassing the previously known record of 196 in 2022.