Saudi Arabia has now executed 💥17💥 people in just 12 days - taking the total for 2022 to 144
Saudi Arabia has executed 17 people over the past 12 days, it has emerged
The country said in 2021 it would not use death penalty for non-violent crimes
Prisoners who were executed had been convicted for drugs offences
Arabia has been accused of using the World Cup as a distraction after it beheaded 17 people over the last 12 days, a UN official said Tuesday, despite the country's leaders pledging not to use the death penalty.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11459401/Saudi-Arabia-executed-17-people-just-12-days-taking-total-2022-144.html
Saudi Arabia has executed 17 people over the past 12 days, it has emerged
The country said in 2021 it would not use death penalty for non-violent crimes
Prisoners who were executed had been convicted for drugs offences
Arabia has been accused of using the World Cup as a distraction after it beheaded 17 people over the last 12 days, a UN official said Tuesday, despite the country's leaders pledging not to use the death penalty.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11459401/Saudi-Arabia-executed-17-people-just-12-days-taking-total-2022-144.html
Mail Online
Saudi Arabia has now executed 17 people in just 12 days – taking the total for 2022 to 144
The spate of executions were punishments for drugs offences, though the country implemented a moratorium on the use of the death penalty for non-violent crimes in 2021.