Amnesty International on Thursday expressed deep concern over a dramatic increase in executions for drug-related offenses in ...

Dozens of men on death row in Saudi Arabia for drug-related crimes are terrified for their lives amid a dramatic surge in executions for drug offences in the country over recent months, Amnesty ...

A handout picture provided by the Saudi Press Agency SPA on April 25, 2023, shows handcuffed suspects and bags of amphetamine ...

You can find her on X @afekki Languages: English. Arabic. French. The number of executions in Saudi Arabia doubled in 2024 as the Middle East led a global surge, according to a new report by ...

No legal representation. A false ‘confession’. A flawed trial. No real right to appeal. And then – a beheading. In the first six months of 2015, Saudi Arabia executed 102 people – more than in all of ...

Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia collectively killed 1380 people, with Iran being responsible for the majority (972).

The number of state executions around the world has reached its highest level in ten years, a new report by Amnesty ...

The 'sharp spike' in the death penalty figures was largely driven by three Middle Eastern countries - Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia - where 91 per cent of the recorded executions took place.

Over 1,500 executions were confirmed across 15 countries in 2024, hitting the highest level since 2015, human rights ...

Amnesty said 52 of those executions were connected to crimes involving narcotics. Rights group Amnesty International criticised on Thursday what it called an “alarming surge” in the use of the death ...