Saudi Arabia: Defying world trends - Saudi Arabia's extensive use of capital punishment

Index Number: MDE 23/015/2001
Date Published: 1 November 2001
Categories: Middle East And North Africa, Saudi Arabia

This document examines the death penalty in Saudi Arabia and how it is sustained by a mixture of legal, judicial and political factors, whose redress requires a strong political will from the Saudi Arabian government together with a consistent concern and assistance by the international community.