A U.N. body said the execution of Egyptians in Saudi Arabia on drug-related charges was inexcusable and urged Riyadh to pay ...

(Beirut) – Saudi authorities on October 20, 2025, executed a man convicted of alleged crimes committed as a child, Human Rights Watch said today. Abdullah al-Derazi had been sentenced to death on ...

Saudi Arabia has broken its own record for executions carried out in a single year, according to a latest Agence France-Presse (AFP) tally. The tally comes after Kingdom authorities said three people ...

Facing an influx of amphetamines, the kingdom has put hundreds of people to death, many of them foreigners convicted of low-level smuggling. By Ismaeel Naar and Vivian Nereim Ismaeel Naar reported ...

(Beirut) – Saudi authorities executed at least 356 people in 2025, setting a new record in the country for the highest number of executions in one year since monitoring began, Human Rights Watch said ...

Saudi authorities executed at least 356 people in 2025, Human Right Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday. The mark set a new record for the highest annual number of executions in the nation since monitoring ...

The U.N. has condemned the execution of two Egyptians in Saudi Arabia on drug charges, deeming it inexcusable. Riyadh is ...

Saudi Arabia executed 356 people in 2025, new data reveals, one of its highest figures on record. Death sentences were carried out on at least four women, two people for crimes they committed as ...

The U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention criticized Saudi Arabia for executing Egyptians on drug charges, calling it indefensible and urging reparations. The group highlighted fair trial ...

For a year, Mohamed Saad’s family had no idea whether he was alive or dead. The 28-year-old Egyptian fisherman had gone out on a routine trip off the coast of Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt’s Sinai ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia on Saturday executed 81 people convicted of crimes ranging from killings to belonging to militant groups, the largest known mass execution carried out in the ...

City leaders have faced sustained pressure from campaigners over recent years to speak out over human rights abuses in the Gulf state, since the takeover of Newcastle United in 2021 by a consortium ...