Saudi Arabia executed record number of people in 2019, human rights group says
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Increase in executions follows crown prince’s 2018 pledge to ‘minimise’ use of death penalty.
By Conrad Duncan
Saudi Arabia executed 184 people in 2019, the highest number of killings since records began six years ago, according to human rights campaigners.
Research by Reprieve, an organisation which tracks human rights abuses, showed a record number of executions compiled from reports by the official Saudi Press Agency, including one example where 37 people were executed in a single day.
Press reports showed 90 of those killed were foreign nationals, while 88 were Saudi nationals and 6 were of unknown nationality.
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