Saudi Arabia beheads drug trafficker
Saudi Arabia on Friday beheaded a man convicted of trafficking drugs in the kingdom, the interior ministry said. The ministry in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency said Wahid Atawi, a Saudi national, had confessed to bringing a quantity of hashish into the country in a bid to sell the banned substance. His beheading brings to nine the number of people executed since the beginning of the year in the kingdom, according to an AFP tally based on official reports. Amnesty International said the kingdom executed 79 people in 2011. Saudi Arabia applies the death penalty for a wide range of offences, including rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default...5-2-2012_pg7_9
Saudi beheads drug trafficker
Saudi Arabia beheaded a man on Friday after he was convicted of drug trafficking, the kingdom's interior ministry said.
Majid al-Anzi, a Saudi national, was convicted of smuggling over one million “banned narcotic pills” into the country, said the statement carried by state news agency SPA.
He was beheaded in the northern city of Tabuk, it said.
His death brings to 10 the number of people executed in Saudi Arabia since the beginning of the year, according to an AFP tally based on official reports.
Amnesty International said the kingdom executed 79 people in 2011.
The ultra-conservative kingdom applies the death penalty for a wide range of offences, including rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking.
http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/saud...cker-1.1247741
Saudi beheads national guilty of murder
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday beheaded a man found guilty of shooting dead a fellow Saudi during a dispute, the interior ministry said.
Basam al-Yami was executed in the eastern city of Damam after he "shot dead" Abdullah al-Dosari, said a ministry statement carried by state news agency SPA.
The beheading brings to 11 the number of people executed in Saudi Arabia since the beginning of the year, according to an AFP tally based on official reports.
Amnesty International said the kingdom executed 79 people in 2011.
The ultra-conservative kingdom applies the death penalty for a wide range of offences, including rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking.
http://www.georgeherald.com/news.aspx?id=22278
Saudi executes man who strangled mother
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday executed in the kingdom's east a man convicted of strangling his mother to death, the interior ministry announced in a statement.
Masallah al-Shemari, a Saudi, "strangled his mother to death before beheading her," said the statement carried by official news agency SPA.
Shemari was beheaded by the sword in the eastern Saudi port city of Jubail, it said.
His beheading bring to three the number of people executed in Saudi Arabia this week and to 14 the number since the beginning of the year, according to an AFP tally based on official reports.
Rights group Amnesty International said the kingdom executed 79 people in 2011.
The ultra-conservative kingdom applies the death penalty for a wide range of offences, including rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking.
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Two beheaded in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia on Tuesday executed a Saudi who killed a man in a tribal feud as well as a Syrian drug smuggler, the ministry of interior announced.
"Humam Eid Al Kindar, a Syrian, was arrested for smuggling 169,000 banned pills," state news agency SPA quoted a ministry statement as saying.
Kindar was beheaded by the sword in the kingdom's northern province of Jawf, it said.
The statement added that Saeed Al Ahmari, a Saudi, was convicted of shooting dead fellow citizen Ali Al Ahmar at a police station during a tribal feud.
He was executed in the southwestern city of Abha.
Thirteen beheaded this year so far
The beheadings bring to 13 the number of people executed in Saudi Arabia since the beginning of the year, according to an AFP tally based on official reports.
Rights group Amnesty International said the kingdom executed 79 people in 2011.
The ultra-conservative kingdom applies the death penalty for a wide range of offences, including rape, murder, apostasy, homosexuality, armed robbery and drug trafficking.
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Egyptian beheaded for murder
An Egyptian convicted of murdering a citizen has been executed, the Interior Ministry said Saturday. Nabil Al-Atwa was beheaded in the capital Riyadh late Friday after being convicted of murdering Abdullah Al-Buheiri “by hitting him on the head with a hammer after a financial disagreement” between the two, the ministry said.
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Drug smuggler beheaded in Saudi
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani man on Tuesday after he was convicted of smuggling a “large amount” of heroin into the kingdom, the interior ministry said.
“Salim Shah Sayed Shah, a Pakistani, was accused of smuggling a large amount of the heroin drug into the kingdom,” said an interior ministry statement carried by state news agency SPA, adding that he was executed in the holy city of Mecca.
On Sunday, the interior ministry said that the kingdom had arrested 681 people over the past four months allegedly involved in trafficking of drugs worth around $460 million.
The ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom applies the death penalty for a wide range of offences, including rape, apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking as well as murder.
Shah's execution brings the number of beheadings in the kingdom so far this year to 16, according to an AFP tally based on official reports.
Human rights group Amnesty International said Saudi Arabia executed 79 people in 2011.
http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/drug...audi-1.1269633
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Pretty brutal, but it would make people think twice about trying to traffic drugs......
Id welcome that in the UK. I realise im in the minority but there you go.
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