{"id":4270,"date":"2025-12-21T17:08:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T17:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/?p=4270"},"modified":"2025-12-21T17:08:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T17:08:15","slug":"rights-groups-condemn-new-record-number-of-executions-in-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/?p=4270","title":{"rendered":"Rights groups condemn new record number of executions in Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"92\" data-end=\"609\"><strong data-start=\"92\" data-end=\"155\">1. News related to events and topics or subjects or issues:<\/strong><br data-start=\"155\" data-end=\"158\" \/>Saudi Arabia has recorded the highest number of executions for a second consecutive year, with at least 347 people put to death in 2025, surpassing 345 in 2024. Executions included foreign nationals, women, minors at the time of alleged crimes, journalists, and those convicted of drug-related offenses. Many were reportedly subjected to torture or forced confessions, while families often remain uninformed about the executions or burial locations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"611\" data-end=\"1177\"><strong data-start=\"611\" data-end=\"668\">2. Causes of events and topics or subjects or issues:<\/strong><br data-start=\"668\" data-end=\"671\" \/>The surge in executions follows the end of an unofficial moratorium on capital punishment in late 2022. Authorities are enforcing strict measures against protests, freedom of expression, and drug-related crimes to assert a zero-tolerance policy. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman\u2019s government, while easing social restrictions and promoting economic diversification, has maintained a harsh approach toward dissent and criminal offenses, reflecting systemic flaws in Saudi Arabia\u2019s criminal justice system.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1179\" data-end=\"1769\"><strong data-start=\"1179\" data-end=\"1253\">3. Lessons to be learned from events and topics or subjects or issues:<\/strong><br data-start=\"1253\" data-end=\"1256\" \/>The Saudi executions highlight violations of international human rights norms, emphasizing the need for global scrutiny and legal safeguards. Forced confessions, lack of fair trials, and targeting of vulnerable populations reveal systemic injustice. This underscores the importance of transparency, consular access for foreign nationals, and adherence to international standards. Observers and human rights organizations stress the urgent necessity for a moratorium and eventual abolition of capital punishment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. News related to events and topics or subjects or issues:Saudi Arabia has recorded the highest number of executions for a second consecutive year, with at least 347 people put to death in 2025, surpassing 345 in 2024. Executions included foreign nationals, women, minors at the time of alleged crimes, journalists, and those convicted of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-banner","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4272,"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4270\/revisions\/4272"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}