Rising number of executions comes despite pledge from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to 'minimize' use of death penalty to special cases such as murder.
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman uses his phone during a meeting with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Jan.12, 2020.
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman uses his phone during a meeting with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Jan.12, 2020.It is not known how many prisoners are currently on death row in Saudi Arabia.
"Governments and civil society groups now need to raise their voices for the other Saudi juveniles on death row: Ali al-Nimr, Dawoud al-Marhoon and Abdullah al-Zaher," she added. The rising numbers of executions comes despite a pledge from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to"minimize" the use of the death penalty to special cases such as murder in an
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