Saudi beheaded Police Killer
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RIYADH, - A Saudi Arabian man accused of killing a police officer in the arrest of drug dealers was beheaded, the Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry announced on Friday (11/25/2011).
With the recent beheadings, the number of people executed in Saudi Arabia this year reached at least 71.
In a statement carried by SPA news agency, the ministry said, Fahd Kahtani also injured several other police officers with machine-gun fire.
On October 11, UN human rights office in Saudi Arabia expressed concern over the execution of 10 people, including eight residents of Bangladesh, and urged the kingdom's state death penalty freeze.
The eight men were beheaded on Saturday Bangladesh (08.10.2011) for stealing goods from a warehouse and leave the Egyptian guard killed. On the same day, two Saudis also beheaded.
Amnesty International also expressed concern over executions in the country of the kingdom.
Saudi Arabia "to resume executions at an alarming rate", said Amnesty International in September, adding that about 140 prisoners are estimated to be in the list of countries the death penalty in the kingdom.
The organization is headquartered in London, said Saudi Arabia is one of the few countries that opposed the United Nations General Assembly resolution last December, which urged a moratorium on capital punishment around the world.
According to Amnesty International, Saudi Arabia executed 27 convicted in 2010, whereas in the previous year to 67 executions.
Rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery, and drug trafficking punishable by death according to Islamic law in the country's oil-rich Arab.
With the recent beheadings, the number of people executed in Saudi Arabia this year reached at least 71.
In a statement carried by SPA news agency, the ministry said, Fahd Kahtani also injured several other police officers with machine-gun fire.
On October 11, UN human rights office in Saudi Arabia expressed concern over the execution of 10 people, including eight residents of Bangladesh, and urged the kingdom's state death penalty freeze.
The eight men were beheaded on Saturday Bangladesh (08.10.2011) for stealing goods from a warehouse and leave the Egyptian guard killed. On the same day, two Saudis also beheaded.
Amnesty International also expressed concern over executions in the country of the kingdom.
Saudi Arabia "to resume executions at an alarming rate", said Amnesty International in September, adding that about 140 prisoners are estimated to be in the list of countries the death penalty in the kingdom.
The organization is headquartered in London, said Saudi Arabia is one of the few countries that opposed the United Nations General Assembly resolution last December, which urged a moratorium on capital punishment around the world.
According to Amnesty International, Saudi Arabia executed 27 convicted in 2010, whereas in the previous year to 67 executions.
Rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery, and drug trafficking punishable by death according to Islamic law in the country's oil-rich Arab.
