Saudi arabia resumed executions for drug offenses at the end of 2022, after suspending the practice for around three years It says it only carries out death sentences after defendants have. Saudi arabia’s war on drugs How a rising amphetamine crisis has triggered controversial capital punishment the desert kingdom’s deadly crusade against captagon and other stimulants in the shadow of saudi arabia’s gleaming skyscrapers and ambitious modernization projects, a far grimmer reality unfolds at dawn in public squares across the kingdom Since 2022, hundreds of individuals have. Between january 2014 and june 2025, saudi arabia executed 1,816 people, according to the official press agency
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.
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