The kingdom’s 2025 toll of 356 has been reported as a record for Saudi Arabia, beating 2024’s record of 338, by multiple ...

Executions rose sharply in 2025 in both Saudi Arabia and the United States. Rights groups and analysts linked the trend to ...

Saudi Arabia executed a record 356 people in 2025, mostly in drug cases, deepening criticism of Riyadh’s sweeping crackdown ...

Saudi Arabia has surpassed its record for the number of executions carried out annually for a second year in a row. At least 347 people have now been put to death this year, up from a total of 345 in ...

Rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking are all punishable by death under Saudi Arabia’s strict version of Islamic sharia law A man has been executed by the Saudi Authorities after ...

(Beirut) – The high number of executions in Saudi Arabia, including for offenses that do not meet international standards for the most serious crimes, is especially alarming, 7 organizations including ...

Analysts attribute increase to kingdom’s ‘war on drugs’ as authorities kill 356 people by death penalty ...