[bitontheslide]

Saudi Arabia says it executed 81 men on Saturday - more than during the whole of last year.

The group - including seven Yemenis and one Syrian national - were convicted of "multiple heinous crimes", including terrorism, state news agency SPA said.

Some were charged with belonging to the Islamic State group (IS), al-Qaeda or the Houthi rebels in Yemen.

Rights organisations say many do not receive fair trials in Saudi Arabia, an allegation the government rejects.

According to SPA, the latest group had been tried by 13 judges and gone through a three-stage judicial process.

They were accused of plotting attacks on vital economic targets, killing or targeting members of the security forces, kidnapping, torture, rape and smuggling weapons into the country.

Saudi Arabia has one of the highest execution rates in the world - fifth in a list compiled by Amnesty International, the other four being China, Iran, Egypt and Iraq.

It executed 69 people last year.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-60722057

[Oliver_W]

They were executed by Saudi Arabia for islamic terrorism? Something doesn't compute...

[LeatherTrumpet]

We give PlayStation to men who kill children

And let them watch porn on phones

[Livia]

We can't compare Saudi, of course, to places like China, Vietnam, North Korea, Syria for example because they don't release those numbers. I think that information might be even more shocking. Russia has a moratorium on the death penalty... but I'm going to go out on a limb and say they probably do execute people, but quietly.

[UserSince2005]

How sexist, they could have done a few women also. But I guess this is what we should expect from Saudi Arabia

[Livia]

Yeah, Saudi is famous for treating its women more favourably than its men.

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

Saudi Arabia says it executed 81 men on Saturday - more than during the whole of last year.

The group - including seven Yemenis and one Syrian national - were convicted of "multiple heinous crimes", including terrorism, state news agency SPA said.

Some were charged with belonging to the Islamic State group (IS), al-Qaeda or the Houthi rebels in Yemen.

Rights organisations say many do not receive fair trials in Saudi Arabia, an allegation the government rejects.

According to SPA, the latest group had been tried by 13 judges and gone through a three-stage judicial process.

They were accused of plotting attacks on vital economic targets, killing or targeting members of the security forces, kidnapping, torture, rape and smuggling weapons into the country.

Saudi Arabia has one of the highest execution rates in the world - fifth in a list compiled by Amnesty International, the other four being China, Iran, Egypt and Iraq.

It executed 69 people last year.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-60722057

We are the opposite .. our courts are far too lenient


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[Kizzy]

That's what I always say .. we should be less democratic, and kill more people.
I just can't. ..

[glib]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

That's what I always say .. we should be less democratic, and kill more people.
. ..

The death penalty doesn’t make a nation any less democratic

[Denver]

Originally Posted by Zizu

We are the opposite .. our courts are far too lenient


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The problem is a good majority of this young guys were probaly innocent