The number of executions in Saudi Arabia doubled in 2024 as the Middle East led a global surge, according to a new report by Amnesty International. Rights groups say the trend has continued into 2025.

Activists believe that authorities are abusing the justice system to silence dissent and chill speech. Saudi Arabia has been on a killing spree. In August, authorities beheaded Jalal Labbad, a young ...

Saudi authorities put two people to death Aug. 4 to reach 17 in three days, state media said, as the conservative kingdom accelerated towards a record number of executions this year. Two Saudis were ...

Saudi authorities executed 356 people in 2025, according to an AFP tally, setting a new record for the number of inmates put to death in the kingdom in a single year. Analysts have largely attributed ...

(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 ...

The undersigned organizations are deeply concerned by an alarming escalation in executions in Saudi Arabia, in which authorities implemented in the past weeks the execution of Abdullah al-Derazi, who ...

Saudi Arabia has surpassed its record for the number of executions carried out annually for a second year in a row. At least 347 people have now been put to death this year, up from a total of 345 in ...

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 ...