saudi arabia executions
Saudi Arabia executed 81 men on Saturday including seven Yemenis and one Syrian for terrorism and other offenses including holding deviant beliefs authorities said in. ET CAIRO Saudi Arabia said on Saturday that it had put 81 people to death in what was the kingdoms largest mass execution in years despite recent promises to curb its.
Those who were killed had been convicted of a range of crimes including.
. Saudi Arabia killed 81 alleged criminals Saturday the largest mass execution recorded in the kingdoms modern history. Saudi Arabia has executed 81 men including seven Yemenis and one Syrian the interior ministry said in the kingdoms biggest mass execution in decades. Saudi Arabia executed a record 184 people in 2019 compared to 149 the year before according to Amnesty figures.
The number dwarfed the 67 executions reported there during all of 2021. Saudi Arabia executed 81 men including seven Yemenis and one Syrian today - the kingdoms biggest mass execution in decades. The number is astounding when you consider that Saudi Arabia executed 67 people.
Saudi Arabias last mass execution was in January 2016 when the kingdom executed 47 people including a prominent opposition Shia leader who had rallied demonstrations in the kingdom. Although Saudi Arabia executed a record 185 people in 2019 the state-backed Human Rights Commission said in January that the kingdom had reduced the number of executions by 85 percent in 2020. Saudi Arabia executed 81 men on Saturday in what was the kingdoms largest mass execution in its modern history.
Most of them were drug smugglers convicted of non-violent crimes. RIYADH March 12 Reuters - Saudi Arabia executed 81 men including seven Yemenis and one Syrian on Saturday the interior ministry said in. Crimes included murder and pledging.
March 12 2022 919 pm. The figure dropped to just eight in 2020 as it hosted the G20 presidency but it has ramped them up in the first half of this year.
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