Saudi Arabia executions

The UK needs to reduce its reliance on Russian oil. But the answer is not a kingdom that has just staged its largest mass execution, says Maya Foa, ...

What we do know from ESOHR reports and media monitoring is that in the period this agreement has been in place, the Saudi regime led by King Salman and his son has dramatically increased the pace of executions – there have now been more than 900 since 2015. In 2014, the UK and Saudi governments signed a “memorandum of understanding” on judicial cooperation. This is the reality of Saudi capital punishment. The European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights (ESOHR), which keeps a comprehensive record of death sentences in Saudi Arabia, didn’t even know about 69 of the cases. The timing of the executions is chilling. But in the weeks since Russian troops invaded Ukraine, there is a sense the calculus has shifted.

'Understanding' in desert kingdom that economic instability not in their interests, says PM.

“We want to see them continue to change. “We both agreed that we need to see an end to Putin’s war.” “I think there’s certainly an understanding that there’s an interest for Saudi Arabia – for all oil-producing and exporting countries – in making sure that the global economy is not damaged by the current spikes, that we don’t get the kind of inflation that we saw in the 1970s, we don’t see the stagflation,” he said.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia executed 81 people on March 12, 2022, the largest mass execution in the modern history of the country, eliciting outrage from…

The March 2022 mass execution, ESOHR said, “was preceded by two massacres in 2016” in which a total of 47 people were beheaded, and the beheadings of 37 people in 2019. Amnesty said the executions brought Saudi Arabia’s total of executions to 92 so far in 2022. The organization said it was unable to track the charges in all of the cases because of a lack of transparency in the Saudi justice system and government efforts to intimidate family members of the accused. The European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights (ESOHR) said that it found multiple cases in which defendants had been denied access to a lawyer, were tortured into signing confessions, and been unable to communicate with the outside world. DAWN was founded by the late journalist Jamal Khashoggi to promote democracy, the rule of law, and human rights in the Middle East and North Africa. Khashoggi was murdered and dismembered by Saudi assassins after being lured to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018. The organization said it was unable to track the charges in all of the cases because of a lack of transparency in the Saudi justice system and government efforts to intimidate family members of the accused. The European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights (ESOHR) said that it found multiple cases in which defendants had been denied access to a lawyer, were tortured into signing confessions, and been unable to communicate with the outside world. The executions came as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had been touting social reforms in the Kingdom, including pledges by the Saudi government to end capital punishment for drug offenses and to no longer execute juvenile offenders. “These executions are the opposite of justice,” Adubusi said. ESOHR reported that this was fourth mass execution by Saudi authorities in the past decade. “These executions are the opposite of justice,” Adubusi said. Following the mass execution, Soraya Bauwens, the deputy director of the London-based human rights organization, Reprieve, said: “The world should know that when Mohammed bin Salman promises reform, bloodshed is bound to follow.”

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The prime minister defended his trip to the Gulf state to secure oil supplies and said there was "value in the partnership".

“We want to see them continue to change. On Saturday 81 people were executed there in one day. But he said it was best that the specifics of what he may have said to the crown prince be “kept private” as that was “more effective”.

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It is also waging a bloody war in neighbouring Yemen in which Saudi carried out roughly 700 airstrikes in February, backed by British-bought bombs. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in this week Saudi Arabia attempting to strengthen ties between the two nations. The UK's attitude towards Saudi Arabia remains controversial in the light of the war in Ukraine, with Russian investment readily encouraged in previous years. Saudi Arabia executed 81 people in one day because it has the power to do so. The faces of 81 men executed in Saudi Arabia, beheaded for 'following the path of Satan' Newcastle United is now effectively owned by the Saudi state and the sale of Chelsea may mean another club ends up in the hands of a Saudi business.

The Middle Eastern nations declared as “key international partners” by Boris Johnson have appalling track records on human rights.

Ahmed Mansoor, is known as the UAE’s most celebrated human rights activist, including winning an award for raising concerns about arbitrary detention, torture and degrading treatment in the Gulf state. The trial of the UAE-94 was criticised by human rights groups, which said “credible” allegations of torture were not investigated. In the UAE, which comprises seven sheikhdoms run by ruling families, political parties and demonstrations are banned. Saudi Arabia has led a coalition against Iran-backed rebels for years, causing a disastrous economic slide in Yemen. The UN has warned of mass starvation and famine over rising hunger levels. Instead, a Saudi court sentenced eight men found responsible for the murder to prison terms of seven to 20 years in a trial criticised for lacking transparency. His family received no warning about the execution in advance and only learned about it online.

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In 2019, 37 detainees, most of them from the country's Shia minority, were executed for alleged "terrorism" in a single day. It shows the world we will apply double standards for our convenience and embolden countries like Saudi Arabia into further atrocities, just as Putin was emboldened by our willingness to take his cronies' cash for decades." The alternative risks empowering repressive regimes, leading to perpetual crises," she said. "The UK should shift from shortsighted policies and instead have human rights at the core of its foreign relations. 'The UK should shift from shortsighted policies and instead have human rights at the core of its foreign relations' Activists have condemned a visit by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Saudi Arabia following a mass execution in the kingdom over the weekend and the execution of a further three prisoners on Wednesday, during the prime minister's trip.