Mohammed bin Salman, Exposed: Full Control of the Death Penalty, and No Role for Independent Bodies

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman claimed that Saudi Arabia has "eliminated" the death penalty, with the exception of one category mentioned in the Qur'an.

The Criminal Court of Tabuk Issued Death sentence on the Minor Abdullah Al-Hwaiti as retribution after the Supreme Court Overturned Ruling to Execute him with Hirabah sentence

On March 2, 2022, the Tabuk Criminal Court issued a verdict to kill the minor Abdullah Al-Hwaiti as retribution, replacing the previous ruling with the Hirabah sentence, which the Supreme Court overturned on November 10, 2021.

Saudi Arabia continues to detain the poet Ashraf Fayyad, months after the end of his sentence

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia continues to detain the Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayyad despite the end of his rule.

The Public Prosecution in Saudi Arabia Calls Death Penalty for Saud Al-Faraj

In June 2021, the Public Prosecution in Saudi Arabia demanded the Hirabah sentence to be imposed against Saud Muhammad Al-Faraj.

Saudi Arabia Threatens to Execute Aqil Al-Faraj with Taazir Sentence

The young man, Aqil Hassan Al-Faraj, faces the imminent danger of death, after the Court of Appeal approved his death sentence

The Court of Appeal in Saudi Arabia upholds the verdict of killing two Bahraini youths after an unfair trial

On January 11, 2022, the Court of Appeal in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia upheld the Tazir death sentence for the two Bahraini citizens,

Activists, Specialists and Victims' Families Discuss the Death Penalty at ESOHR Annual Conference

The European Saudi Organization for Human Rights held the second annual conference for victims of human rights violations in Saudi Arabia,

Supreme Court Overturns al-Huwaiti Death Sentence, and at Least Four Minors Still at Risk

On November 10, 2021, Abdullah al-Huwaiti mother, in a tweet, announced that the Saudi Supreme Court

New Tazir Death Sentence Raises Executions Number in Saudi Arabia since the beginning of 2021 to 59

Saudi Arabia carried out its 59th death sentence since the beginning of 2021. On November 1, the official Saudi Press Agency

After a Decade of Arbitrary Detention and Life-Threatening: Ali Al-Nimr out of Prison While Saudi Arabia Continues to Threaten Lives of Other Minors

Ali Al Nimr was released from prison on October 27, 2021, after spending 10 years there. Ali al-Nimr,