Executions in Saudi Arabia hit their highest-ever level with more than 300 in 2024 as number of prisoners killed surges at 'rocket speed' under MBS
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Executions in Saudi Arabia hit their highest-ever level with more than 300 in 2024 as number of prisoners killed surges at 'rocket speed' under MBS

Daily Mail  

Saudi Arabia has put over 300 people to death in 2024, according to an AFP tally, after four executions announced on Tuesday brought the kingdom's total to a level far outstripping the highest known annual figures. Human rights activists had previously warned Saudi Arabia could exceed 300 executions this year, with one execution being recorded almost every day. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has overseen more than 1,450 executions since taking on the role in 2015 Saudi Arabia executed the third highest number of prisoners in the world in 2023 after China and Iran, according to Amnesty International The Kingdom has also been criticised for cracking down on free speech after Saudi artist Mohammed al-Hazza, 48, was recently sentenced to more than two decades in prison over political cartoons that allegedly insulted the Gulf kingdom's leadership. The Saudi Arabian government has continued to attempt to present itself as a reformed country that has made progress on gender equality and human rights despite the shocking rate of executions and free speech crackdowns. Manahel al-Otaibi, 30, was jailed for 11 years after posting about female empowerment on social media Saudi Arabia has a shocking record on gender equality In October, Manahel told her family she had been stabbed in the face with a sharp pen and required stitches - but when her family attempted to report the attack to the Saudi government's Human Rights Commission, they were allegedly ignored.

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Iran executed 975 people in 2024 in ‘horrifying escalation’ of death penalty, damning report says
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Iran executed 975 people in 2024 in ‘horrifying escalation’ of death penalty, damning report says

The Independent  

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Iran executed 975 people in 'horrifying' 2024 escalation: rights groups
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1 month ago

Iran executed 975 people in 'horrifying' 2024 escalation: rights groups

Raw Story  

by Stuart Williams Iran executed at least 975 people last year in a "horrifying escalation" of its use of capital punishment, two human rights groups said on Thursday. Norway-based Iran Human Rights and French group Together Against the Death Penalty said the figure was the highest since IHR began recording executions in Iran in 2008. - Executions over protests - …

Iran's record execution rate casts shadow on death penalty reprieve for Kurdish activist Pakhshan Azizi
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Iran's record execution rate casts shadow on death penalty reprieve for Kurdish activist Pakhshan Azizi

The Independent  

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Iran 'carried out a THOUSAND executions in 2024' - with prisoners also forced to have fingers amputated or EYES gouged out - 'in bid to suppress uprising'
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Iran 'carried out a THOUSAND executions in 2024' - with prisoners also forced to have fingers amputated or EYES gouged out - 'in bid to suppress uprising'

Daily Mail  

Iran brutally carried out at least a thousand executions in 2024 as its ruthless leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei attempts to clamp down on political dissidence, it has been claimed. Iran brutally carried out at least 1000 executions in 2024 as its ruthless leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei attempts to clamp down on political dissidence Execution ceremony in Nowshahr, Iran 2014. Here, …

Saudi executions rose sharply in 2024
3 months ago

Saudi executions rose sharply in 2024

CNN  

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Reuters — 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 cases under his vision for a new open kingdom. Saudi Arabia denies accusations of human rights abuses and says its actions are aimed at …

Saudi Arabia executed 330 people in 2024 - its highest number for decades - despite Mohammed bin Salman's vow to drastically reduce executions
3 months ago

Saudi Arabia executed 330 people in 2024 - its highest number for decades - despite Mohammed bin Salman's vow to drastically reduce executions

Daily Mail  

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 cases under his vision for a new open kingdom. Saudi Arabia executed 330 people this year, the highest number in decades Mohammed bin Salman told the Atlantic in a …

Saudi Arabia executes over 100 foreigners this year so far: Report
4 months, 1 week ago

Saudi Arabia executes over 100 foreigners this year so far: Report

Hindustan Times  

Saudi Arabia executed more than 100 foreign nationals this year, AFP reported. Over 100 foreigners have been killed by Saudi Arabia this year, marking an unprecedented increase in the number of executions. Saudi Arabia has never executed 100 foreigners in a year," said Taha al-Hajji, Berlin-based European-Saudi Organisation for Human Rights legal director, told AFP. 274 executions in Saudi Arabia …

Saudi Arabia executes over 100 foreigners in 2024, 21 from Pakistan
4 months, 1 week ago

Saudi Arabia executes over 100 foreigners in 2024, 21 from Pakistan

Firstpost  

Saudi Arabia has faced persistent criticism over its use of the death penalty, which human rights groups have condemned as excessive and out of step with efforts to soften its forbidding image and welcome international tourists and investors. Saudi Arabia has executed more than 100 foreigners this year, according to an AFP tally indicating a sharp increase which one rights …

Saudi Arabia executes Philippines national for murder as kingdom sets grim record
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Saudi Arabia executes Philippines national for murder as kingdom sets grim record

The Independent  

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Saudi executions hit record number under ‘reformist prince’
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Saudi executions hit record number under ‘reformist prince’

The Telegraph  

Saudi Arabia has reached a record high for executions despite pledges to cut down the death penalty. The executions have been carried out under reformist Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who has overseen at least 1,447 executions carried out since he was made Crown Prince to his elderly father, Salman, in 2015. Crack down on dissidents Human Rights group Reprieve’s …

UN rights office decries 'alarmingly high' number of executions in Iran: 29 over two days this week
7 months, 2 weeks ago

UN rights office decries 'alarmingly high' number of executions in Iran: 29 over two days this week

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UN rights office decries ‘alarmingly high’ number of executions in Iran: 29 over two days this week
7 months, 2 weeks ago

UN rights office decries ‘alarmingly high’ number of executions in Iran: 29 over two days this week

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The U.N. human rights office is expressing concerns about reports that Iran has executed 29 people over two days this week, with the rights chief decrying “an alarmingly high number” of executions in such a short period of time. “Imposing the death penalty for offenses not involving intentional killing is incompatible with international human rights norms and standards,” …

United States and Iran help China push global executions to 10-year high
9 months, 3 weeks ago

United States and Iran help China push global executions to 10-year high

Raw Story  

The number of executions worldwide hit a nearly 10-year high in 2023 thanks to a surge in state killings by Iran, Saudi Arabia, China, and the United States. A new global report published by Amnesty International documents that the death penalty was imposed on 1,153 people last year, though the total is believed to be significantly higher due to the …

Executions across the world reach highest number since 2015
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Executions across the world reach highest number since 2015

The Independent  

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Executions worldwide jumped last year to the highest number since 2015, Amnesty report says
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Executions worldwide jumped last year to the highest number since 2015, Amnesty report says

Associated Press  

LONDON — The number of executions recorded worldwide last year jumped to the highest level since 2015, with a sharp rise in Iran and across the Middle East, Amnesty International said in a report released Wednesday. The group said the spike in recorded executions was primarily driven by Iran, where authorities executed at least 853 people last year, compared to …

Executions in Iran hit 8-year high in 2023
1 year ago

Executions in Iran hit 8-year high in 2023

Al Jazeera  

Use of the death penalty surged by 43 percent following huge protests prompted by Mahsa Amini’s death. The report, released on Tuesday by Norway-based Iran Human Rights and Paris-based Together Against the Death Penalty, suggests that the 43 percent spike in the use of capital punishment last year came in reaction to nationwide protests prompted by the death in police …

Saudi Arabia hears dozens of countries critique its human rights record at the U.N. in Geneva
1 year, 2 months ago

Saudi Arabia hears dozens of countries critique its human rights record at the U.N. in Geneva

The Hindu  

Saudi Arabia had its record on human rights including freedoms for women, prosecutions for freedom of speech, use of the death penalty and alleged killing of migrants at its border with Yemen critiqued at the United Nations on January 23. In the kingdom's first formal review at the U.N. Human Rights Council since November 2018, the Saudi Arabia delegation said …

Iran executes 2022 protester for murder
1 year, 2 months ago

Iran executes 2022 protester for murder

Al Jazeera  

Human rights advocates criticise Mohammad Ghobadlou’s conviction, saying he did not get a fair trial. “After being upheld by the Supreme Court, the death penalty against defendant Mohammad Ghobadlou has been implemented early this morning,” Mizan reported. ‘Unfair sham trials’ However, human rights group Amnesty International said the 22-year-old’s right to a fair trial was violated, and his bipolar condition …

Executions in Iran are up 30%, a new United Nations report says
1 year, 4 months ago

Executions in Iran are up 30%, a new United Nations report says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Iran is carrying out executions “at an alarming rate,” putting to death at least 419 people in the first seven months of the year, the United Nations chief said in a new report. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in the report to the U.N. General Assembly on the human rights situation in Iran that seven men were executed …

Saudi man receives death penalty for posts online, latest case in wide-ranging crackdown on dissent
1 year, 6 months ago

Saudi man receives death penalty for posts online, latest case in wide-ranging crackdown on dissent

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A Saudi court has sentenced a man to death over his posts on X, formerly known as Twitter, and his activity on YouTube, the latest in a widening crackdown on dissent in the kingdom that has drawn international criticism. “Al-Ghamdi’s death sentence over tweets is extremely horrific but stands in line with the Saudi authorities’ …

Saudi Arabia says it executes American citizen convicted of killing his father
1 year, 7 months ago

Saudi Arabia says it executes American citizen convicted of killing his father

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia on Wednesday executed an American citizen who had been convicted of killing his father. The Interior Ministry identified the executed man as Bishoy Sharif Naji Naseef and said he beat and then strangled his Egyptian father to death. Vedant Patel, a spokesperson for the U.S. State Department, said that American diplomats visited Naseef …

Iran executions in May highest since 2015: rights group
1 year, 9 months ago

Iran executions in May highest since 2015: rights group

The Hindu  

Iran has executed over 300 people this year, with the rate in May during the current surge in hangings the highest monthly figure in the country since 2015, a rights group said on Thursday. At least 142 people were executed in May, the highest monthly figure since 2015, meaning an average of over four people were hanged every day last …

Saudi Arabia executes two Bahrainis accused of ‘terrorism’
1 year, 9 months ago

Saudi Arabia executes two Bahrainis accused of ‘terrorism’

Al Jazeera  

The government did not specify the groups the men were associated with, but said they had been planning to launch attacks. Saudi Arabia has put to death two Bahrainis accused of plotting “terrorist” operations, the Saudi Ministry of Interior said on Monday, raising the number of similar executions to nine this month. Since May 2, Saudi Arabia, which has one …

Worldwide executions increased by 53% in 2022: Amnesty report
1 year, 10 months ago

Worldwide executions increased by 53% in 2022: Amnesty report

Hindustan Times  

Executions worldwide increased by 53% in 2022 from a year earlier, with a significant rise in Iran and Saudi Arabia, Amnesty International said in an annual report Tuesday that also criticized Indonesia as having one of the highest numbers of new death sentences in Asia. Read here: Indian-origin man executed in Singapore over drugs trafficking: Report Amnesty said 70% of …

China pips Saudi, Iran and Egypt to become world’s top executioner
1 year, 10 months ago

China pips Saudi, Iran and Egypt to become world’s top executioner

Firstpost  

China has emerged as the top executioner of people in the entire world with thousands of death sentences issued in 2022 alone, Amnesty international has revealed. According to the report, China is followed by Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt with 576, 196 and 24 executions, respectively. While the year-on-year number of executions in China, Iran and Saudi Arabia increased massively, …

Recorded executions rise to highest in five years: Amnesty
1 year, 10 months ago

Recorded executions rise to highest in five years: Amnesty

Al Jazeera  

In annual report, rights group says ‘killing spree’ was led by countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Some 883 people were executed last year, the highest number of known executions in five years, according to Amnesty International, which also raised concerns about the use of the death penalty for drug offences. Some 90 percent of the world’s known …

U.N. says Iran executes on average more than ten people per week
1 year, 10 months ago

U.N. says Iran executes on average more than ten people per week

The Hindu  

UN human rights chief Volker Turk said on Tuesday that Iran has executed a "frighteningly" high number of people this year, rising to more than ten per week on average. "On average so far this year, over ten persons are put to death each week in Iran, making it one of the world's highest executors," said Mr. Turk. "At this …

Iran Executes Two Men Convicted Over Desecrating Koran: Report
1 year, 10 months ago

Iran Executes Two Men Convicted Over Desecrating Koran: Report

News 18  

Iran on Monday executed two people convicted over desecrating the Koran and insulting the Prophet Mohammad, the judiciary said. Sadrollah Fazeli Zarei and Youssef Mehrdad were hanged in the morning, having previously been convicted over “insulting Prophet Mohammad and… burning the Koran”, the judiciary’s Mizan Online website reported. Iran executes more people yearly than any other nation except China, according …

Executions surge by 75pc in Iran after anti-government protests
1 year, 11 months ago

Executions surge by 75pc in Iran after anti-government protests

The Telegraph  

Iran recorded a 75 per cent increase in executions last year, according to an annual report by two human rights groups, as Tehran grapples to contain an anti-government protest movement. On Thursday, Norway-based Iran Human Rights and Paris-based Together Against the Death Penalty said that Iran executed at least 582 prisoners in 2022, the highest number since 2015 and a …

Saudi Arabia executes man during Ramadan; ‘rare’ decries rights group
1 year, 11 months ago

Saudi Arabia executes man during Ramadan; ‘rare’ decries rights group

Hindustan Times  

Saudi Arabia executed a man during the holy month of Ramadan, Guardian reported citing a rights group which said that the execution was rare. “Saudi Arabia executed a citizen during Ramadan,” European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights said in a statement, citing Saudi interior ministry capital punishment data. In 2022, Saudi Arabia executed 147 people in- over double the 2021 …

Surge in executions of drug offenders in 2022, more on death row
2 years ago

Surge in executions of drug offenders in 2022, more on death row

Al Jazeera  

The surge in executions for drug-related offences came despite a global shift towards abolition. Executions for drug-related offences surged in 2022, while the number of drug offenders on death row rose by more than a quarter, according to a new report from drug policy reform group Harm Reduction International. “The fact that these blatant violations of international standards and social …

Iran executions ‘state sanctioned killing’: UN rights chief
2 years, 2 months ago

Iran executions ‘state sanctioned killing’: UN rights chief

Al Jazeera  

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has condemned the ‘weaponisation’ of the death penalty to squash dissent. The UN human rights chief says the flurry of death sentences handed down following the outbreak of civil unrest in Iran amount to “state sanctioned killing”, with executions being used to strike fear into the population and stamp out dissent. “The weaponization of …

Saudi Arabia beheading by sword, executes 12 people in 10 days
2 years, 4 months ago

Saudi Arabia beheading by sword, executes 12 people in 10 days

Hindustan Times  

Saudi Arabia executed 12 people in 10 days for drug offences after a two-year hiatus, according to a rights organisation. The spate of executions, most of which are beheadings with a sword, suggests that the country is on track for a record year of executions despite Crown prince Mohammed bin Salman previously vowing to reduce such punishments. Saudi Arabia crown …

Explained: The two-fold rise in executions in Saudi Arabia
2 years, 4 months ago

Explained: The two-fold rise in executions in Saudi Arabia

Firstpost  

Saudi Arabia has executed twice as many people in 2022 as it did last year. The most recent execution was of a Jordanian national convicted of smuggling amphetamine tablets, bringing the year’s total to 138, up from 69 last year Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has executed twice as many people in 2022 as it did last year, according to an AFP …

Kuwait hangs seven people in first executions since 2017
2 years, 4 months ago

Kuwait hangs seven people in first executions since 2017

Al Jazeera  

Four Kuwaitis, a Pakistani, a Syrian and an Ethiopian were hanged, despite condemnation from Amnesty International. Kuwait has put seven people to death in a mass execution, the state-run KUNA news agency confirmed, making it the first execution since 2017 despite appeals from human rights organisations for clemency. It was the first execution since January 25, 2017, when seven people …

Saudi Arabia Executes 81 Men in One Day, the Biggest Mass Execution Since 1980
3 years ago

Saudi Arabia Executes 81 Men in One Day, the Biggest Mass Execution Since 1980

News 18  

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 the biggest mass execution in decades. “These individuals, totaling 81, were convicted of various crimes including murdering innocent men, women and children,” the interior ministry said in a statement. Rights groups have accused Saudi Arabia …

Saudi Arabia puts 81 to death in its largest known mass execution in it's modern history
3 years ago

Saudi Arabia puts 81 to death in its largest known mass execution in it's modern history

Firstpost  

The state-run Saudi Press Agency announced Saturday’s executions, saying they included those ‘convicted of various crimes, including the murdering of innocent men, women and children’ Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Saudi Arabia on 12 March, 2022, executed 81 people convicted of crimes ranging from killings to belonging to militant groups, the largest known mass execution carried out in the kingdom in …

Saudi Arabia executes 81 men in one day in largest mass execution in decades
3 years ago

Saudi Arabia executes 81 men in one day in largest mass execution in decades

ABC  

Saudi Arabia has executed 81 men, including seven Yemenis and one Syrian, the interior ministry said, in the kingdom's biggest mass execution in decades. Photo shows Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman rests his head on his hand at the 29th Arab Summit The death of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi has put the spotlight on the country's heir to the …

Saudi Arabia puts 81 to death in its largest mass execution
3 years ago

Saudi Arabia puts 81 to death in its largest mass execution

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia on Saturday executed 81 people convicted of crimes ranging from killings to belonging to militant groups, the largest known mass execution carried out in the kingdom in its modern history. The number of death penalty cases being carried out in Saudi Arabia had dropped during the coronavirus pandemic, though the kingdom continued to …

Saudi Arabia Executes 81 People In A Single Day For Terror-Related Offences: Report
3 years ago

Saudi Arabia Executes 81 People In A Single Day For Terror-Related Offences: Report

ABP News  

New Delhi: In the largest mass execution by Saudi Arabia in its modern history, the Gulf country executed 81 people convicted of terror-related offences on Saturday. As per a report on news agency AFP, all the persons executed had been "found guilty of committing multiple heinous crimes", the official Saudi Press Agency reported, saying they included convicts linked to the …

Saudi Arabia executes 81 people in a single day
3 years ago

Saudi Arabia executes 81 people in a single day

Al Jazeera  

The death penalty applied for a range of charges in the largest known mass execution carried out in the kingdom’s modern history. Saudi Arabia has executed 81 men over the past 24 hours, including seven Yemenis and one Syrian national, on charges including “allegiance to foreign terrorist organisations” and holding “deviant beliefs”, state news agency Saudi Press Agency said, in …

Saudi Arabia puts 81 to death in its largest mass execution
3 years ago

Saudi Arabia puts 81 to death in its largest mass execution

India TV News  

Highlights Saudi Arabia on Saturday executed 81 people convicted of various crimes The number of death penalty cases being carried out in Saudi Arabia had dropped during Covid The kingdom's last mass execution came in January 2016, when the kingdom executed 47 people Saudi Arabia on Saturday executed 81 people convicted of crimes ranging from killings to belonging to militant …

Saudi Arabia ramped up executions in first half of 2021: Amnesty
3 years, 7 months ago

Saudi Arabia ramped up executions in first half of 2021: Amnesty

Al Jazeera  

The kingdom executed at least 40 people between January and July 2021, more than in whole of 2020, UK-based group says. Saudi Arabia has ramped up executions in the first half of 2021 following a drop during its G20 presidency in 2020, according to United Kingdom-based rights group Amnesty International. Although Saudi Arabia executed a record 185 people in 2019, …

Saudi Arabia executes young Shiite man for violent rebellion
3 years, 9 months ago

Saudi Arabia executes young Shiite man for violent rebellion

The Independent  

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Mideast Countries Top 2020 Global Executioners List, Account for 88% Death Sentences
3 years, 11 months ago

Mideast Countries Top 2020 Global Executioners List, Account for 88% Death Sentences

News 18  

Apart from China and despite a worldwide drop in death sentences, countries in the Middle East remained among the world’s leading executioners last year, Amnesty International said Wednesday. Although counts in the nations fell in line with global trends, largely due to Saudi legal reforms, the countries carried out 88% of the world’s total known executions in 2020, according to …

Amnesty International says executions globally down in 2020, although Egypt tripled state killings
3 years, 11 months ago

Amnesty International says executions globally down in 2020, although Egypt tripled state killings

ABC  

Amnesty International's annual review of the global death penalty found a decrease in the total number of executions in 2020. Three countries make up the majority of known global death sentences In Iran, at least 23 people were sentenced to death in 2020 in cases relating to political violence. Amnesty International secretary-general Agnes Callamard said the death penalty was an …

China, Middle East dominate 2020 list of top executioners: Report
3 years, 11 months ago

China, Middle East dominate 2020 list of top executioners: Report

Al Jazeera  

Amnesty International’s annual review shows general decrease in number of global executions in 2020, but 18 countries continued the practice. In its annual global review of the death penalty, Amnesty International said that the unprecedented challenge of the coronavirus pandemic contributed to a trend of decline in global executions between January and December 2020. Commenting on the findings, Agnes Callamard, …

Saudi Arabia executes 3 soldiers for ‘cooperating with enemy’
3 years, 11 months ago

Saudi Arabia executes 3 soldiers for ‘cooperating with enemy’

Al Jazeera  

The defence ministry says soldiers were sentenced to death by a specialist court after a fair trial. Saudi Arabia has executed three soldiers convicted of “high treason” and “cooperating with the enemy”, with a statement from the kingdom’s defence ministry saying the trio was sentenced to death by a specialist court after a fair trial. The ministry said the soldiers …

Jamal Khashoggi killing: Joe Biden raises concern over human rights in call with Saudi Arabia's king
4 years, 1 month ago

Jamal Khashoggi killing: Joe Biden raises concern over human rights in call with Saudi Arabia's king

Firstpost  

Washington: President Joe Biden held a long-delayed first phone call Thursday with Saudi King Salman ahead of an imminent US intelligence report expected to link the Arab kingdom’s powerful crown prince to the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The White House said that Biden and the 85-year-old king emphasized the countries’ security ties and “the US commitment to help …

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