Saudi Arabia has executed 134 people
this year, including six who were kids
when they were arrested.
The prisoners were killed by brutal
methods that have been frowned upon,
including crucifixion and beheading,
according to a human rights
organisation.
At least 58 of those killed were foreign
nationals and most were accused of
spreading Shia Islam – a crime in the
Sunni Arab state.
There were 21 Pakistanis, 15 Yemenis,
five from Syria and four from
Egypt. Two Jordanians, two Nigerians, a
Somalian and two from unidentified
nations were also included in the
figures.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin
Salman pledged to reduce the use of
the death penalty in the oppressive
Arab kingdom. But, in spite of his
promise, there is a rise in state
executions.
In a report presented at the UN Human
Rights Council in Geneva, The Death
Penalty Project revealed a further 24
people are at “imminent risk’”of
execution. They include three children,
prominent political opponents of the
crown prince, clerics, and human rights
campaigners.
At least six teens were executed this
year after being arrested for supposed
“crimes” when they were kids, the
report claims.
An event hosted by The Death Penalty
Project highlighted the “illegal and
arbitrary executions” in Saudi Arabia as
well as human rights abuses for both
detainees and their families.
Experts said these abuses have been
“exacerbated by the systematic torture
of detainees and grossly unfair trials
culminating in death sentences”.
Among those executed this year are
three women and 51 who were facing
drug charges that would be considered
minor offences elsewhere in the world.
On April 22, a horrific mass
execution was carried out by the savage
regime involving 37 men being killed.
One was crucified and another had his
head impaled on a spike, The Sun UK
reports.
Those killed during the beheading
bloodbath had all been convicted of
“terrorism offences” in the hardline
kingdom.
One of those beheaded
was Abdulkareem al-Hawaj. He was
arrested while attending an anti-
government protest when he was aged
just 16.
He was executed by beheading. His head was cut from his body in front of a baying, bloodthirsty crowd along with 36 other men.
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