Saudi Arabia | Amnesty International

Eight Bahraini nationals released - 13 August 2008

Eight male teachers were released without charge in Saudi Arabia on 12 July 2008, after over four months’ detention.

Secret video shows horror of Saudi beheading - 28 April 2008

Secretly filmed footage of a man being beheaded in Saudi Arabia has been received by Amnesty International.

Saudi Arabia: Secret video shows horror of beheading - 25 April 2008

Amnesty International has received secretly filmed grisly footage of a man being beheaded in Saudi Arabia. The organization strongly condemns the execution and calls

Secrecy surrounds death penalty - 15 April 2008

At least 1,200 people were executed in 2007 and many more were killed by the state, in secret, in countries including China, Mongolia and Viet Nam.

Video: Riz Ahmed reads Poems from Guantánamo - 12 December 2007

Riz Ahmed, the actor who appeared in the film "Road to Guantánamo

Video: Death penalty stories (animated slideshow) - 31 October 2007

Stories of the death penalty around the world - an animated slideshow narrated by Colin Firth

Saudi Arabia: Lawyer must not be punished for defending gang rape victim - 4 December 2007

The disciplinary measures against Saudi Arabian lawyer Abdul Rahman al-Lahem must be dropped immediately if they appear have been initiated solely because of his legit

Guantánamo: pain and distress for thousands of children - 20 November 2006

Thousands of children around the world have suffered pain and distress as a result of US counter-terror policies and practices.

Juvenile offender beheaded in Saudi Arabia - 6 August 2007

A child offender has been beheaded in Saudi Arabia. The execution took place in the city of Taif on 21 July 2007.

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The government continued with reform initiatives but these had little impact in improving human rights.