Highlight:
- Execution by special court
- The execution took place in the southern province
- No further details have been released
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It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post. The execution took place in the southern province near the Yemeni border, where Saudi Arabia has been fighting the Houthis for the past six years with Iranian-backed Houthis. The Saudi Arabian government has been focusing on human rights issues since the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Turkish embassy last year. Meanwhile, three soldiers are hanged together.
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Human rights groups, including Amnesty International, have called on Saudi Arabia to suspend the death penalty, citing “improper trials and torture in prisons.” But Saudi Arabia denies such allegations.
Saudi Arabia has executed 27 people in 2020 alone, the lowest number in recent years. In 2019, Saudi Arabia sentenced 185 people to death, according to Amnesty International.
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