US EditionSaudi Arabia Executes Convicted Terrorist, Rejects Foreign Pressure
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Saudi Arabia executes man after objections from rights defenders
Saudi authorities on Thursday announced the execution of a man on terrorism charges, despite advocates' objections that he was convicted over offences committed as a minor. "The death sentence was carried out against Jalal bin Hassan bin Abdul Karim Labbad, a Saudi national, in the Eastern Province," the state news agency SPA reported. Labbad, it said, had "committed terrorist crimes including joining a foreign terrorist organisation". The agenc…
Mediafax Al-Labbad was killed in the Central Prison of Damdam, accused of violating anti-terrorist laws, endangering national security and supporting armed groups, on the basis of the Law on Crime and the Financing of Terrorism of 2019, according to Washington Post. Family lawyer, Dua Dhainy, said that "we know that these charges are not, in no case, correct. Jalalal was forced to sign testimony under torture". Jalal is the second member of the …
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