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Tue Jul 8, 2025, 11:49 AM Jul 8

Executions in Saudi Arabia reach a record high mostly over drug cases, Amnesty says

Source: Associated Press

Executions in Saudi Arabia reach a record high mostly over drug cases, Amnesty says

By MALAK HARB and GABE LEVIN
Updated 4:56 AM EDT, July 7, 2025

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Executions in Saudi Arabia surged last year to a record high, Amnesty International said Monday, as activists increasingly warn about the kingdom’s use of the death penalty in nonviolent drug cases.

Saudi Arabia executed 345 people last year, the highest number ever recorded by Amnesty in over three decades of reporting. In the first six months of this year alone, 180 people have been put to death, the group said, signaling that record likely will again be broken.

This year, about two-thirds of those executed were convicted on non-lethal drug charges, the activist group Reprieve said separately. Amnesty also has raised similar concerns about executions in drug cases.

Saudi Arabia has not offered any comment on why it increasingly employs the death penalty in the kingdom. Saudi officials did not respond to detailed questions from The Associated Press about the executions and why it is using the death penalty for nonviolent drug cases.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/saudi-arabia-executions-amnesty-report-65c045ef70efbec66b944e206a13c63b

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