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Saudi Arabia's Executions Reached a Record in 2025 While Vision 2030 Sold Reform
Saudi Arabia executed at least 356 people in 2025 — a record on the counts kept by Reprieve, ESOHR, Amnesty International and AFP — and at least 116 to 27 July 2026. An audit of the annual series, the counts that diverge, the offence and nationality breakdown, and the legal frame.
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The Sentences: Death Penalties, 50-Year Terms, and Saudi Arabia's Judicial War on NEOM's Critics
Five men sentenced to death. Two given 50-year prison terms. A 19-year-old student jailed for 20 years for mourning his uncle on Twitter. The complete record of Saudi Arabia's judicial campaign against the Howeitat tribe.