The death pen alty in Saudi Arabia

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:55

Are executions used in the modern world? Saudi Arabia currently has the most brutal punishment system on earth for crimes.

What pen alties apply

The Criminal Code, as well as the constitution of the state, are dictated by Sharia norms. This country is the only one in the world that still has torture, public flogging, and execution by hanging or beheading. Public executions in Saudi Arabia shock Europeans, but are commonplace for the local population.

Here officially there is a profession "executioner". He has the status of a civil servant.

In addition to cutting off the head, stoning to death is used, as well as execution. There are even crucifixions of the body without a head.

How they execute in Saudi Arabia

The moment of punishment is a whole ceremony. These customs have reached the 21st century in a slightly modified form from the Middle Ages.

All executions in Saudi Arabia are carried out after lunchtime prayers in the main square. The area is cleared by the police of cars and residents.

A man sentenced to execution in Saudi Arabia, blindfolded or with a bag over his head, is put on his knees. The police announce the decision and allow the execution of the sentence to begin. The executioner receives the sword from the hands of the officer. He comes to the criminal from behind and, before cutting off his head, swings his sword a number of times. To quickly stop the flow of blood, a medical officer is at the place of execution every time.

The body of a criminal without a head is not buried in a coffin and without a tombstone, usually immediately after the execution of the sentence. Now you know what executions are like in Saudi Arabia. The photos clearly demonstrate how this act is carried out.

Equality

In the early 90s, such punishment was applied only to the stronger sex, but today the execution of a woman in Saudi Arabia happens quite often. There is equality between the sexes in this area. By early 2007, 42 women had been executed.

Why they don't forgive here

Crimes carrying the death pen alty in Saudi Arabia:

• premeditated murder;
• homosexuality;
• adultery;
• rape;
• treason;
• smuggling, sale, possession and use of drugs;
• terrorism or call for terrorism.

Instead of execution

BIn Saudi Arabia, there is such a measure of punishment as inflicting the same injuries on the criminal with which he "awarded" the victim. Based on Sharia law, victims of crimes can demand that the perpetrator inflict the same injury that was received from him as a result of the attack.

Character case

Several years ago, during a fight, one of the participants - Abdul-Aziz Mutairi - was stabbed from behind and remained paralyzed for life. The culprit was caught and sentenced to two years in prison. But after six months, he was granted an amnesty and released.

Abdul went to court with a request to condemn his offender according to Sharia law. The court decided to turn to doctors to turn the guilty person into a disabled person. However, the doctors do not agree to harm the patient, as they took the Hippocratic oath.

More examples

According to one of the news portals, not so long ago, the death pen alty was carried out in Saudi Arabia, concerning a pedophile and a murderer. First, he was publicly raped, then his head was cut off, and then his body was crucified on a cross and put up for reproach by all present.

Such a fairly harsh execution overtook the local owner of the trading post. He was found guilty of particularly brutal murder of a child and his father. According to the case file, the man stole the child, raped him and strangled him with a rope. And at the moment of his father's arrival, he killed him with a knife.

Plus, he was exposedin the rape of five boys, one of whom fled after the incident into the desert and died there. It was possible to reach the pervert and the killer with the help of an 8-year-old boy who became one of his victims. When arrested, the suspect resisted, attacking the police with a knife and trying to cut them.

Another offender was convicted of homosexuality and possession of a whole range of pornographic films. In this country it is considered the most serious crime. These cases can be found and read a huge amount, in addition, there are many different videos on the Web on this topic. In the records, you can see in detail how the death pen alty takes place in Saudi Arabia. But not everyone can watch it from beginning to end.

An eye for an eye, literally

About eleven years ago, an Egyptian worker was actually blinded as a punishment. Such a sentence was passed for the fact that a foreigner poured acid into the face of another person, due to which the victim became blind. The victim did not want to accept financial assistance in the form of 87,000 pounds sterling and insisted on revenge according to Sharia law. In 2008, the court sentenced the perpetrator to blinding with acid.

Statistics

The death pen alty in Saudi Arabia breaks all records. Human rights advocates highlight the fact that most often this measure of punishment is used in relation to emigrants and poor local residents. Literally in 2014, 84 people were sentenced to death. Based on information from the ministry, for the first three monthsIn 2015, 56 people were sentenced to death. If the pace is not stopped, then by the end of this year the number of those sentenced may reach 200 people or more. Compared to other years where figures ranged from 70 to 80 executions, the number is catastrophically high.

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Emigrants have the hardest time, because the language barrier makes the process of justification almost impossible. Ordinary workers who come from poor countries such as Bangladesh, Pakistan and Yemen do not know Arabic or speak it very poorly. They account for up to 40% of all executions in Saudi Arabia.

Most observers note that in relation to visitors, the court executes judgments with recognition of guilt much more often than in relation to the indigenous inhabitants of this country. It is also worth noting that emigrants cannot afford to pay for the services of local lawyers.

Differences from generally accepted norms

Justice in Saudi Arabia has nothing to do with world fair trial standards. The actual trials are held in secrecy and with a minimum number of participants. Defendants can be found guilty even without sufficient evidence, based on the confessions of the suspect himself, which are often extracted by torture during the investigation. A verdict of "guilty" can only be rendered on the basis of third-party testimony. Although if deception is revealed, then false witnessesare also executed. It happens that relatives are not informed in advance about the sentence to death.

The death pen alty in Saudi Arabia can be applied to those crimes that are not particularly serious according to international law. These include cheating on one of the spouses, robbery with a weapon, rape and practicing magic.

Paradox or regularity

Many countries agree that the death pen alty violates the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, that it should be abolished everywhere, that a person has no right to judge God.

In response to this, I would like to say that, according to the same statistics, the lowest crime rate is in Saudi Arabia: it is safe to roam the streets at night, theft or rape is a very rare case. Europeans can only dream of this.