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Capital punishment in Saudi Arabia is a legal punishment. Most executions in the country are carried out by decapitation (beheading). Saudi Arabia is the only country that still uses this method. [1] Capital punishment is used both for offenders of lethal crimes and non-lethal crimes, as well as juvenile offenders. [2]
Capital punishment is retained in law by 55 UN member states or observer states, with 140 having abolished it in law or in practice. The most recent legal executions performed by nations and other entities with criminal law jurisdiction over the people present within its boundaries are listed below.
Capital Punishment was abolished for political crimes in 1852, civil crimes in 1867 and war crimes in 1911. [372] In 1916, capital punishment was reinstated only for military offenses that occurred in a war against a foreign country and in the theater of war. [373] Capital punishment was completely abolished again in 1976. [374] Romania: 1989 ...
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, [1] [2] is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct. [3] The sentence ordering that an offender be punished in such a manner is known as a death sentence , and the act of carrying out the sentence is known ...
Saudi Arabia * High Saudi Arabia ranks third in the world for the most executions. 43 percent of those executed in 2015 had been convicted of smuggling drugs, ranging from heroin to marijuana. [14] "Since May [2024], Saudi Arabia has executed 28 people on drug-related charges, according to an AFP tally based on official statements, up from just ...
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Saudi Arabia. [4] Execution is usually carried out by beheading with a sword or occasionally by shooting in public. Despite having signed the Convention on the Rights of the Child, [5] Saudi Arabia executed offenders who were juveniles at the time of the crime up until 26 April 2020. [6]
Iran alone accounted for 82% of all recorded executions in the region [14] and Saudi Arabia executed at least 158 people – a 76% increase on 2014 and the highest number recorded for Saudi Arabia since 1995”. [14] Capital punishment represents the most dramatic clash between a ‘UN-sponsored’ human rights concept and Shari'a law. [9]
In Turkey, capital punishment was fully abolished in 2004 for all crimes. [4]In 2018, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his right-wing government coalition partners agreed to a proposal that could see the death penalty restored in Turkey against anyone sentenced for terrorism.