Saudi Arabia on Course to Execute More Than 100 People in First Six Months of 2016 as Use of Death Penalty Rises
1st June 2016
“Executions in Saudi Arabia have been surging dramatically for two years now and this appalling trend shows no sign of slowing,” said James Lynch, deputy Middle East and North Africa director at Amnesty International.
“The steep increase in executions is even more appalling given the pervasive flaws in Saudi Arabia’s justice system, which mean that it is entirely routine for people to be sentenced to death after grossly unfair trials.
I think their real objection is to the fact that the Saudi government completely ignores Amnesty International.