Saudi Beheadings

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  Saudi Arabia Beheads 2 Indian Citizens. Amarinder Singh Says "Barbaric"

  Saudi Arabia beheaded two Indian citizens belonging to Punjab after they allegedly murdered another Indian there.

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  How Saudi Arabia And The Islamic State Find Common Ground In Beheadings

  Over the past year, Saudi Arabia has faced recurrent criticism that its ultraconservative interpretation of Islamic law is not so far off from what is practiced by the Islamic State, an extremist organization that proclaimed its "caliphate" across parts of Syria and Iraq in June 2014. The criticism clearly irks some Saudi officials, who have threat...

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  Saudi Beheadings Soar In 2015 Under Discretionary Rulings

  Saudi Arabia carried out at least 157 executions in 2015, with beheadings reaching their highest level in the kingdom in two decades, according to several advocacy groups that monitor the death penalty worldwide.

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  Mother of Saudi Youth Facing Beheading Urges Barack Obama to Intervene

  The mother of a youth facing beheading for taking part in protests in Saudi Arabia has pleaded with US President Barack Obama to "rescue my son" in an interview published by the British daily the Guardian today.

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  Saudi Arabia Beheads Murderer in 110th Execution Since January

  Saudi Arabia on Monday beheaded one of its citizens convicted of murder, adding to a sharp increase in executions this year.

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  Second Saudi execution After Ramadan Pause

  Saudi Arabia beheaded one of its citizens for drug trafficking on Tuesday, in the second execution after a pause for Ramadan.

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  Saudi Arabia Beheads 100th Person This Year

  Saudi Arabia today beheaded a Syrian drug trafficker and a national convicted of murder, taking to 100 the number of executions in the kingdom this year.

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  Saudi Arabia Beheads Pakistani Drug Trafficker

  Saudi Arabia today beheaded a convicted Pakistani drug trafficker, adding to what a United Nations rapporteur called a "very disturbing" surge in the kingdom's use of the death penalty.

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  Wanted, Executioners: Saudi Arabia Places Ads Online

  Saudi Arabia advertised vacancies for eight executioners Tuesday after beheading nearly as many people since the start of the year as it did in the whole of 2014.

• 5 Executed in Saudi Arabia For Indian's Murder

  Five people were beheaded in Saudi Arabia for killing an Indian during an armed robbery, the interior ministry announced today.

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  Indian Beheaded in Saudi for Murdering Boss

  Saudi Arabia beheaded two people for murder Wednesday, one of whom was from India, the interior ministry said.

• Indonesian Domestic Worker Beheaded in Saudi Arabia

  Saudi Arabia on Tuesday beheaded an Indonesian domestic worker who knifed to death a Saudi woman described in press reports as her employer.

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  New Saudi Execution Takes Year's Tally to 45

  A man convicted of murder was beheaded in the Saudi capital today, amid a steep rise in the number of executions in the ultra-conservative Gulf kingdom this year.

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  Philippine National Convicted of Murder Beheaded in Saudi Arabia

  Saudi Arabia today beheaded a Filipino convicted of murdering his boss, bringing to 40 the number of executions this year.

• 36 Death Sentences This Year as Saudi Arabia Beheads Another Rape Convict

  Saudi Arabia beheaded a convicted rapist today, bringing to 36 the number of death sentences carried out in the kingdom this year.