Saudi Arabia: Further information: Death sentences quashed in Saudi Arabia

Index Number: MDE 23/002/2010
Date Published: 21 January 2010
Categories: Saudi Arabia

In an unusual move, the Supreme Court in Saudi Arabia has quashed the death sentences of 24-year-old Canadian man Mohamed Kohail and 23-year-old Jordanian man Mehanna Sa’d, and has ordered a retrial. If convicted, they are at risk of being sentenced to death again.