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His Family Say He Was a Fisherman. The Saudis Say He Smuggled Drugs. He Was One of Hundreds Executed This Year | News Channel 3-12
Mohamed Saad was executed after eight years in detention, part of a surge in Saudi executions with 345 people killed in 2024, mostly for non-lethal drug offenses, rights groups say.
- On October 21, Mohamed Saad, whom his family say was a 28-year-old fisherman who disappeared off Sharm el-Sheikh, was executed after a Saudi court found him guilty of smuggling amphetamine pills while held in Tabuk prison, northern Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Press Agency said.
- Rights groups' databases compiled by ESOHR and Reprieve show hundreds executed this year, mostly for non-lethal drug crimes, while Saudi Arabia executed 345 people in 2024 and may break that record.
- Accounts from Tabuk prison describe death-row prisoners waiting each morning to hear if their name will be called, while Saudi officials say capital cases pass through trial, appeal and Supreme Court review before royal decree.
- Saad's relatives say they were not officially informed and do not know where he is buried, and the execution coincides with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's Washington trip and the US-Saudi investment summit on November 19.
- Many executed this year are foreign migrant workers, rights monitors say, including Egyptians, Somalis and Ethiopians, while several foreign nationals remain detained in Tabuk prison.
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By Muhammad Darwish, CNN. For a year, Mohamed Saad's family didn't know if he was alive or dead. The 28-year-old Egyptian fisherman had gone out to sea as usual off the coast of Sharm el-Sheikh, in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, and never returned. His family searched for him for months without getting any answers from the authorities. When they finally heard his voice, it was coming from a prison in Tabuk, in northern Saudi Arabia, where Saad said he…
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His family say he was a fisherman. The Saudis say he smuggled drugs. He was one of hundreds executed this year
Egyptian fisherman Mohamed Saad is one of hundreds of people executed this year in Saudi Arabia, most accused of non-lethal drug crimes. Campaigners worry US ties are giving the kingdom free rein.
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