“Every execution was carried out in the presence of a medical doctor”
#Arabie_Saoudite #Saudi_Arabia #death_penalty #peine_de_mort #décapitation
“Every execution was carried out in the presence of a medical doctor”
#Egypt Sentences Four to Death for Alleged Collaboration With Al-Qaeda
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An Egyptian court on Monday referred four men convicted of “collaborating with al-Qaeda” to Egypt’s grand mufti, the country’s top religious authority, to consider possible death sentences against them, a judicial source said. A Cairo criminal court referred three Egyptians and an Iraqi Kurd – in absentia – to Grand Mufti Shawki Allam over charges that they had collaborated with al-Qaeda and provided the militant group with security-related information. read more
Two men beheaded in #Saudi_Arabia for drug smuggling, murder
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Saudi authorities on Wednesday beheaded a Pakistani for smuggling drugs and a national for killing a compatriot, the interior ministry said, bringing the number of executions in the kingdom this year to nine. Mohammed Asharaf Ramadan was caught attempting to smuggle into the kingdom an amount of heroin that he swallowed, the ministry said in a statement carried by SPA state news agency. He was executed in Riyadh. read more
#Saudi_Arabia beheads two for murder
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Saudi authorities beheaded two citizens on Tuesday after convicting them of two separate murders, the interior ministry said, bringing the number of executions in the kingdom this year to seven. Abdulellah al-Otaibi was executed in the western city of Taif after he was convicted of stabbing a member of his own tribe to death, the ministry said in a statement carried by state news agency SPA. Meanwhile, Nasser al-Qahtani was executed in the southwestern Asir region after he was convicted of shooting dead Ayed al-Qahtani, the ministry said in a second statement. read more
#Saudi_Arabia carries out fourth beheading of 2014
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Saudi authorities beheaded a citizen in the northeastern city of Arar on Sunday after he was convicted of murder, the interior ministry said. Habib al-Shammari was accused of killing fellow tribesman Mishaal al-Shammari following a dispute, the ministry said in a statement published by the official SPA news agency. The execution was the fourth carried out this year in Saudi Arabia, which beheaded 78 people in 2013, according to an AFP count. read more
#Saudi_Arabia beheads Indian man accused of murder
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An Indian worker convicted of murdering a Saudi was beheaded by the sword in the Riyadh region Thursday, the interior ministry said. Mohammed Latif was found guilty of having beaten to death his “sponsor,” Dhafer bin Mohammed al-Dussari, with a sharp object and then dumping his body in a well, it was quoted by state news agency SPA as saying. The sponsorship system gives local sponsors control over foreign workers in the oil-rich Gulf, often leading to exploitation and disputes. read more