Saudi Arabia:7 people were hanged in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday (27 February). Saudi Arabia’s state media reported that seven people were beheaded for terrorism-related crimes. After the incident of 2022 in which 81 people were hanged in one day, this is a big case of killing people in one day.
In March 2022, 81 people were given death sentence in Saudi Arabia in one day.
Citing Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry, Saudi’s official press agency said that the seven people were found guilty of creating terrorist organizations and institutions and terror funding, for which they were given this punishment. The nationality of those who have been hanged has not been revealed. The news agency reported that they adopted a terrorist approach that incites them to shed blood. Furthermore, the establishment, funding and communication with terrorist organizations and institutions hinders social security and stability.
170 people will be hanged in 2023
According to AFP report, Saudi Arabia is one of the countries in the world that carries out the highest death penalty. In the year 2023, 170 people were given death sentence, whereas so far this year, 29 people have been hanged. Two years ago, when 81 people were hanged in Saudi Arabia in a single day, there was outrage globally.
According to Amnesty International, Saudi Arabia carried out more executions in 2022 than any other country except China and Iran. Last year, Saudi Arabia gave the highest death penalty in December. That month, 38 people were sentenced to death. Those sentenced to death in 2023 included two soldiers convicted of treason and 33 people accused of terrorist activities. In 2022, 147 people were hanged in Saudi, which human rights activists have been continuously criticizing. At the same time, in 2019, 187 people were given death sentence in Saudi.