Saudi Arabia: Death Penalty/Fear of imminent execution: Bahjat Khalid Mas’ud (m)

Index Number: MDE 23/051/2008
Date Published: 5 December 2008
Categories: Saudi Arabia

Bahjat Khalid Mas’ud, a father of five, is one of at least 38 Syrian nationals feared to be at imminent risk of execution. They were all sentenced to death – in Bahjat Khalid Mas’ud’s case, over six years ago – on drug-related charges following secret and summary trial proceedings.