According to a new report, more than 100 death sentences were executed in Saudi Arabia this year at a pace at which a record number of death row prisoners were sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia.
During the first six months of 2022, the Kingdom sentenced 120 prisoners to death. This is a higher rate than the execution of 186 people three years ago, as shown byhuman rights group analysis. The majority of the
killings occurred in March, , when Saudi Arabia killed 81 people accused of crimes. This is the largest mass execution in the modern history of the United States. By June, the Saudi government had killed more people in 2022 than the total for the last two years, according to the group.
"Mass death penalty is Saudi Arabia's criminal justice system — 69 of the 81 men executed are unknown to human rights groups, "the European Saudi Human Rights Organization said in a report released on July 29.
"Therefore, it is not possible to fully measure the degree of compliance with international human rights law in the application of the death penalty."
"Saudi Arabia If they continue to execute at the same pace in late 2022, they will reach an unprecedented number of executions, surpassing the record high of 186 executions in 2019, "the report warned. According to the
organization, about 100 people executed in the first half of 2022 were Saudi citizens and 19 were citizens of other countries. Among them were 9 Yemeni, 3 Egyptians, 2 Indonesians, 1 Ethiopian, 1 Myanmarese, 1 Jordanian, 1 Palestinian and 1 Syrian. Says.
Despite Prince Mohammed bin Salman's promise to stop using the death penalty for "discretionary" crimes, analysis shows that 72 people were tried, and then such He was killed on suspicion of violation.
Crown Prince Mohammed relaxed some of Saudi Arabia's policies, but ordered the dismantling of the Washington Post reporter Jamal Khashoggi and hundreds of Yemen in airstrikes. Killed a citizen.
