{"id":9730,"date":"2017-04-03T06:28:01","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T06:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reprieve.org.uk\/?post_type=update&#038;p=9730"},"modified":"2020-05-29T15:18:56","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T15:18:56","slug":"quick-facts-death-penalty-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/2017\/04\/03\/quick-facts-death-penalty-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Facts \u2013 the death penalty in Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"header_block\">Reprieve clients Abdullah al-Zaher, Dawoud al-Marhoon and Ali al-Nimr were sentenced to death for \u2018crimes\u2019 including attending illegal pro-democracy protests, \u201cexplaining how to give first aid to protestors\u201d and using a Blackberry to invite others to join the protest. Other \u2018crimes\u2019 punishable by death include adultery and apostasy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Execution methods<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beheading<br \/>\nStoning<br \/>\n\u2018Crucifixion\u2019 (beheading followed by public display of the body)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Executions in 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So far, at least 20 people have been executed (as of 3 March 2017)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Executions in 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>154 executions were carried out in 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable executions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In January 2016, Saudi Arabia executed 47 people in just one day. Several juveniles were among the victims of this mass execution. At least one \u2013 Ali al Ribh \u2013 was convicted on charges relating to protests.<\/p>\n<p><strong>British involvement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reprieve has raised concerns that UK funding and training for Saudi security bodies could be contributing to human rights abuses, including the death penalty. Reprieve has discovered that British police have trained their Saudi counterparts in investigation techniques that could lead to the arrest, torture and sentencing to death of protesters, and that these projects have been undertaken without proper safeguards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prisoners facing execution<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Ali Mohammed al-Nimr<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reprieve.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015_10_30_PUB-Ali-al-Nimr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6345\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reprieve.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015_10_30_PUB-Ali-al-Nimr-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"2015_10_30_PUB Ali al-Nimr\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>On 14 February 2012, at the age of 17, Ali was arrested for allegedly participating in\u00a0anti-government protests in the eastern district of Qatif of Saudi Arabia. Two years later he was sentenced to death by beheading, based solely on a fabricated statement he was tortured into signing and that was used as an alleged &#8216;confession&#8217;. Ali is now facing imminent execution.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reprieve.org.uk\/case-study\/ali-al-nimr\/\">Read more about Ali\u2019s case here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Dawoud Hussain al-Marhoon<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reprieve.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015_10_29_PUB-Dawood-al-Marhoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6329 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reprieve.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015_10_29_PUB-Dawood-al-Marhoon-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"2015_10_29_PUB Dawood al-Marhoon\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>A second Saudi juvenile is facing imminent death by beheading for his alleged role in pro-democracy protests. Dawoud al-Marhoon was 17 when he was arrested without a warrant by Saudi security forces in May 2012. He was tortured and made to sign a \u2018confession\u2019 that was later relied on to convict him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reprieve.org.uk\/case-study\/dawood-al-marhoon\/\">Read more about Dawoud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Abdullah Hasan al-Zaher<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reprieve.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Abdullah-Alzaher-150x150.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6329 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reprieve.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Abdullah-Alzaher-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Abdullah was only 15 when he was arrested for allegedly participating in protests for democracy. He was shot at and injured by security forces, and tortured into signing a false &#8216;confession&#8217;. He is now awaiting execution in solitary confinement in a prison 1,000km away from his family home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reprieve.org.uk\/case-study\/abdullah-hasan-al-zaher\/\">Read more about Abdullah<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beheading, crucifixion and death sentences for juveniles. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-update"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Quick Facts \u2013 the death penalty in Saudi Arabia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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