The kingdom’s 2025 toll of 356 has been reported as a record for Saudi Arabia, beating 2024’s record of 338, by multiple ...

Saudi Arabia has carried out a large nationwide operation to enforce its residency, labor, and border laws. In just one week, ...

Saudi Arabia set a new record with 356 executions in 2025, largely driven by drug-related cases. Rights groups criticize the ...

Saudi Arabia has executed eight people in a single day amid a surge in the use of the death penalty for drug-related convictions. Four Somalis and three Ethiopians were executed on Saturday in the ...

Saudi Arabia authorities executed two people on Monday for "terrorist crimes," bringing the total number of executions to 17 over three days. The latest deaths follow the execution of 15 other ...

Saudi Arabia arrested more than 18,800 people in one week during a nationwide crackdown on residency, labour and border ...

Saudi Arabia arrested 18,836 illegal residents and deported over 10,000 people in the first week of January as part of ...

Saudi authorities executed at least 356 people in 2025, setting a new record in the country for the highest number of ...

Saudi Arabia executed 356 people in 2025, a new record driven by its “war on drugs.” Rights groups warn the surge contradicts the kingdom’s reform narrative and disproportionately affects foreigners.

The sharp rise in executions is linked to Riyadh’s intensified “war on drugs” launched in recent years, with many of those ...