Amnesty International is concerned at the increased use of the death penalty in Saudi Arabia in recent months. On 26 October 1999 it was announced that Dhafir bin ‘Abd al-Rahman bin Dhafir al-Jirman al-Ahmari, a Saudi Arabian national, had been executed. The following day three Pakistani nationals were executed in Mecca. Amnesty International fears that dozens more people are facing imminent execution after trials which do not meet internationally recognized standards.
