this post was submitted on 27 Feb 2024
81 points (96.6% liked)

World News

32285 readers
1 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 

State media says men were convicted by court which has been criticised for punishing activists and protesters under guise of terrorism


Seven Saudi men were executed on Tuesday, the highest number put to death in one day since 81 were killed in March 2022.

The Specialised Criminal Court (SCC) convicted the men on terrorism charges, accusing them of betraying "their homeland, threatening its stability and endangering its security", the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported, citing the Interior Ministry.

The men's names were listed in the SPA announcement, which is often the only information released about executions in the kingdom, but with little further detail.

Riyadh has now executed 31 people this year, after putting at least 172 people to death in 2023, rights groups monitoring executions in Saudi Arabia have said.

There were no public records or media reporting of any of the cases of the men executed on Tuesday, the European-Saudi Organisation for Human Rights (ESOHR) and UK-based Reprieve told Middle East Eye.

read more: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-puts-7-men-death-largest-execution-years

top 8 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] mlg@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

include children who joined protests, critics of the regime and people who merely disagreed publicly with Mohammed bin Salman".

In case you were wondering why none of the arab states care about Gaza.

I think only Iran got away from becoming a US shill country, and not even in a good way.

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

While I can't comment on whether this ruling is just, official news doesn't say much beyond that they were terrorists who were arrested. Terrorist attacks have happened in Saudi Arabia, by ISIS, Alqaeda and sympathizers, and were directed against government officials, security forces, religious minorities and foreigners.

[–] tree@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I'm personally against sentencing death regardless of what they did, especially in cases like Saudi Arabia where they have more than enough money to handle imprisoning people for life. Call me a crypto-catholic, but I don't think killing people is good if it can be avoided, which in this case it definitely could have been.

[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

What makes that crypto-catholicism?

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’m personally opposed to the capital punishment even if people are guilty without any doubt. It has a very huge flaw in being irreversible in case justice failed. But Sharia permits it, even requires it, and the majority of Saudis want Sharia law even if they disagree with court decisions.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Saudi just started selling Alcohol.

They're as Islamic is America is Christian.

[–] mihies@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

During the second world war all resistance in my country was labeled as terrorists. Just saying...

[–] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

Executions are never just