Post by Logan on Jan 25, 2016 14:29:52 GMT -6
Saudi Arabia is on pace to quadruple the number of death sentences it handed out just one year ago.
Monday’s execution of Mohammed bin Awadh al-Zahrani, convicted of fatally stabbing fellow tribesman Riad bin Saeed al-Zahrani after a dispute, marked the 53rd death sentence the oil-rich country carried out in January alone.
Last year, there were 153 executions in Saudi Arabia — a total that Amnesty International said was the country’s highest in 20 years.
The issue of capital punishment in Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia has gained greater international attention following the execution of Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr — a frequent critic of Riyadh.
Continued at nypost.com/2016/01/25/saudi-arabia-on-pace-for-record-number-of-executions-in-2016/ .
Monday’s execution of Mohammed bin Awadh al-Zahrani, convicted of fatally stabbing fellow tribesman Riad bin Saeed al-Zahrani after a dispute, marked the 53rd death sentence the oil-rich country carried out in January alone.
Last year, there were 153 executions in Saudi Arabia — a total that Amnesty International said was the country’s highest in 20 years.
The issue of capital punishment in Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia has gained greater international attention following the execution of Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr — a frequent critic of Riyadh.
Continued at nypost.com/2016/01/25/saudi-arabia-on-pace-for-record-number-of-executions-in-2016/ .