Saudi authorities put two people to death on Monday to reach 17 executions in three days, state media said, as the conservative kingdom accelerated toward a record number of executions this year. Two ...

A U.N. body said the execution of Egyptians in Saudi Arabia on drug-related charges was inexcusable and urged Riyadh to pay ...

Saudi Arabia executed 330 people this year, the highest number in decades, despite de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman’s 2022 assertion that the death penalty had been eliminated except for murder ...

A handout picture provided by the Saudi Press Agency in 2023 -- Saudi Arabia has strict anti-drug laws and resumed executions for drug crimes in 2022 — - The two Egyptian inmates ate a routine final ...

LONDON -- Saudi Arabia is seeking a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council in a vote scheduled for Oct. 9, hoping to reverse its 2020 failure to win a spot on the 47-seat body. The kingdom ...

According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, al-Jasser was convicted of writing a series of social media posts alleging corruption by members of the Saudi royal family. Journalist Turki ...

(Beirut) – Saudi authorities have been carrying out an unprecedented surge in executions in 2025 without apparent due process, Human Rights Watch and the Middle East Democracy Center said today. The ...

Activists believe that authorities are abusing the justice system to silence dissent and chill speech. President Donald Trump greets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during the Saudi-US ...

RIYADH: Shaded by palm trees in a popular Riyadh square, children play where blood once ran, a decade after Saudi Arabia moved its soaring number of executions behind closed doors. Al-Adl Square, ...

Execution figure almost doubles from last year People convicted of non-lethal crimes among those executed Rights groups accuse kingdom of using torture Saudi Arabia denies abuse, cites national ...