US EditionSaudi Arabia: Rights groups condemn new record number of executions in 2025
- Saudi Arabia has broken its annual execution record again, reaching at least 347 this year, surpassing its 2024 total of 345 for a second consecutive year, Reprieve reported.
- Saudi authorities ended an unofficial moratorium in late 2022, prompting a rise in drug-related executions, with around two thirds convicted of non-lethal offences and 96 linked solely to hashish.
- Amnesty International said many convictions followed grossly unfair trials relying on torture-tainted confessions, and among those executed this year were journalist Turki al-Jasser and minors Abdullah al-Derazi and Jalal al-Labbad.
- The UN special rapporteur Dr Morris Tidball-Binz called for an immediate moratorium and safeguards, while Audrey Azoulay said `Capital punishment against journalists is a chilling attack on freedom of expression and press freedom`.
- Rights monitors say this is the bloodiest year of executions since monitoring began, with relatives speaking to the BBC describing terror and cellmates reporting families are not informed or given bodies.
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The UN strongly criticizes the draconian drug laws and the policy of the Saudi-Arab Crown Prince. In 2025 345 people were executed in the country.
Only China and Iran compete with Saudi Arabia in the number of applications of the death penalty a year, which in 2025 have been shot again as denounced by the British oenege 'Reprieve' and collects the 'BBC'. This year, despite complaints from human rights associations, the number of executions – by hanging or firing squad – has been 347, two more than the previous year, and a record number since there are records. Riyadh attributes the number …
Saudi Arabia has exceeded, for the second consecutive year, its annual record of execution, despite the harsh reactions of international human rights organizations. At least 347 people have been executed in 2025, in front of...
Saudi Arabia has broken its record for the number of executions in a single year. At least 347 people have been executed in the country this year, according to data from the British activist group Reprieve, which monitors executions. The previous record was 345 last year. Only China and Iran execute more people annually.
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