Death Penalties in Saudi Arabia

Are executions used in the modern world? In Saudi Arabia, the most brutal system of punishment for crimes is currently in force.

What penalties are applied

The Criminal Code, as well as the constitution of the state, dictate the norms of the Sharia. This country is the only one in the world in which there are still tortures, public whipping, and executed by hanging or beheading. Public executions in Saudi Arabia shock Europeans, but for the local population this is common.

Here officially there is a profession "executioner". He has the status of a civil servant.

In addition to cutting off the head, stoning is used to death, as well as shooting. There are even crucifixions of a body without a head.

How to be executed in Saudi Arabia

The moment of punishment is a whole ceremony. These customs have reached the XXI century in a slightly modified form from the Middle Ages.

All executions in Saudi Arabia are carried out after dinner prayer in the main square. The area is cleaned by police from cars and residents.

Sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia with blindfolds or a bag on his head put on his knees. The police announce the decision and permit the execution of the sentence. The executioner receives a sword from the hands of an officer. He goes to the criminal from behind and before cutting off his head, he swings the sword a few times. To quickly stop the flow of blood, on the spot of execution every time there is a medical officer.

The body of a criminal without a head is buried not in a coffin and without a tombstone, usually immediately after the execution of the sentence. Now you know what the executions are in Saudi Arabia. The photos clearly demonstrate how this act is conducted.

Equality

In the early 90's, such punishment was applied only to members of the stronger sex, but today the execution of a woman in Saudi Arabia happens quite often. In this area between the sexes is equality. By the beginning of 2007, 42 women had been executed.

For what here do not forgive

Crimes for which the death penalty is foreseen in Saudi Arabia:

• Willful killing;
• homosexuality;
• adultery;
• rape;
• Treason;
• Smuggling, sale, possession and use of drugs;
• Terrorism or a call to terrorism.

Instead of execution

In Saudi Arabia, the penalty is the same as inflicting the same injury on the offender, by which he "awarded" the victim. Based on Sharia law, victims of crimes can demand that the perpetrator be dealt the same trauma that was received from him as a result of the attack.

A characteristic case

Several years ago, during the fight, one of the participants - Abdul-Aziz Mutairi - was stabbed from behind and remained paralyzed for life. The perpetrator was caught and sentenced to two years in prison. But after a lapse of half a year he fell under amnesty and was released.

Abdul appealed to the court with a request to convict his offender under Sharia law. The court made a decision to apply to the doctors to turn the perpetrator into an invalid. However, doctors do not agree to harm the patient, as they gave the oath to Hippocrates.

More examples

According to one of the news portals, not so long ago, the death penalty in Saudi Arabia concerning a pedophile and a murderer was carried out. At first, he was publicly raped, then chopped off his head, and after they crucified the body on the cross and put to the reproach all those present.

Such a justly severe execution was overtaken by the local owner of the shop. He was found guilty of the particularly brutal murder of the child and his father. According to the case file, a man stole a child, raped him and strangled him using a rope. And at the time of his father's arrival, he also killed him with a knife.

Plus, he was exposed in the rape of five boys, one of whom fled after what happened in the desert and died there. Go to the pervert and the killer was with the help of an 8-year-old boy, who became one of his victims. When arrested, the suspect showed resistance by attacking policemen with a knife and trying to cut them.

Another criminal was convicted of homosexuality and possession of a whole set of films with pornography. In this country, this is considered a serious crime. These cases can be found and read a huge amount, in addition, the web there are many different videos on this topic. In the records in full detail, you can see how the death penalty is occurring in Saudi Arabia. But not everyone can see it from beginning to end.

An eye for an eye in the literal sense

About eleven years ago, a worker from Egypt as a punishment really blinded. Such a verdict was imposed for the fact that a foreigner poured acid into the face of another person, because of which the victim was blind. The victim did not want to receive financial aid in the form of 87,000 pounds sterling and insisted on revenge according to Sharia law. In 2008, the court sentenced the perpetrator to blindness with acid.

Statistics

The death penalty in Saudi Arabia is breaking all records. Advocates of human rights emphasize the fact that most often this measure is used in relation to emigrants and poor local residents. Literally in 2014, 84 people were sentenced to death. Based on information from the Ministry, in the first three months of 2015, 56 people were sentenced to death. If the pace is not suspended, by the end of this year the number of sentenced persons can reach 200 people or more. Compared to other years, in which the rates ranged from 70 to 80 executed, the number is catastrophically large.

"Do not go, children, go to Africa ..."

The emigrants are the most difficult, because the language barrier makes the process of justification almost impossible. Simple workers who come from poor countries such as Bangladesh, Pakistan and Yemen do not know Arabic or speak very badly. They account for up to 40% of all executed in Saudi Arabia.

Most observers note that, in relation to visitors, the court executes decisions with the recognition of guilt more often than with respect to the indigenous inhabitants of that country. It is also worth noting that the services of local lawyers for emigrants can not be paid for.

Differences from generally accepted norms

Justice in Saudi Arabia is not related to the world standards of fair trial. Directly litigation takes place in an environment of secrecy and with a minimum number of participants. The defendants can be guilty even without sufficient evidence, based on the confessions of the suspect himself, who are often tortured during the investigation. The verdict "guilty" can be rendered only on the basis of the testimony of third parties. Although if fraud is detected, false witnesses are also executed. It happens that relatives are not previously informed about the sentence to be executed.

The death penalty in Saudi Arabia can be applied to crimes that are not particularly serious in the view of international law. These include: treason of one of the spouses, robbery with weapons, rape and magic.

Paradox or regularity

Many countries agree that the death penalty violates the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, that it must be universally abolished, that a person has no right to uphold the judgment of God.

In response, I want to say that all for the same statistics the lowest crime rate is in Saudi Arabia: it is safe to wander around the street at night, theft or rape is a very rare case. Europeans can only dream about this.