A mass wave of beheadings and crucifixions in Saudi Arabia has appalled many around the world, but some say it shouldn’t come as a surprise.
Abdulkareem al-Hawaj was just 16 when he was arrested. Overnight, he was beheaded. Picture: Amnesty InternationalTheir trial began in 2015, but HRW says some of the men were convicted based on confessions they later withdrew in court because they had been tortured.
At least 44 of those are foreign nationals, many of whom were convicted of drug-related crimes, however the majority are understood to be political prisoners who have been convicted as part of a brutal crackdown.— which led to the torture of activists, businessmen, princes and women’s rights defenders.
Iran’s Shi’a population retaliated by setting fire to the Saudi Arabia embassy in Tehran. In response, the Saudi ruling family cut off diplomatic ties with the country as relations between the two Middle Eastern powers hit a fresh low.
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