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Saudi Arabia 2025: The Death Penalty Rules

By ESOHR, on 6 February 2026

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“Through this annual report, the European Saudi Organization for Human Rights (ESOHR) provides a comprehensive analysis of execution figures in 2025, documents the cases behind the numbers, and sheds light on the grave violations that accompanied arrest, trial, and execution, as part of its ongoing efforts to expose the reality of capital punishment in Saudi Arabia.”




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