Saudi executes more than 100 foreigners in 2024: AFP

Saudi Arabia's execution of 100 foreigners in 2024 an 'unprecedented crisis'

o far 101 foreigners have been executed this year in Saudi Arabia (Picture: Getty Images) Saudi Arabia has executed more than 100 foreigners this year so far – the highest number ever, according to a human rights group. The latest execution, on Saturday in the southwestern region of Najran, was of a Yemeni national convicted of smuggling drugs into the Gulf kingdom, the official Saudi Press Agency reported. It brings the number of foreigners ex…

Saudi has executed over 100 foreigners in 2024 —tally

Saudi Arabia has executed more than 100 foreigners this year, indicating a sharp increase which one rights group said was unprecedented. One was a Filipino executed in October.

Saudi executes more than 100 foreigners in 2024

Saudi Arabia has executed more than 100 foreigners this year, according to an AFP tally indicating a sharp increase which one rights group said was unprecedented. The latest execution, on Saturday in the southwestern region of Najran, was of a Yemeni national convicted of smuggling drugs into the Gulf kingdom, the official Saudi Press Agency reported. That brought to 101 the number of foreigners executed so far in 2024, according to the tally wh…

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

According to Amnesty International, Saudi Arabia executed the third-highest number of prisoners across the world after China and Iran in 2023.

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

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.