Beheading in Saudi Arabia
03 February 2014 :
Saudi authorities beheaded a citizen in the city of Arar after he was convicted of murder, the Interior Ministry said. Habib Al Shammari was accused of killing fellow tribesman Meshaal Al Shammari following a dispute, the ministry said in a statement published by the official SPA news agency. The execution was the fourth carried out this year in Saudi Arabia.
Okara court of additional session judge (ASJ) on March 27, 2025 handed down capital punishment to a man, along with Rs0.5 million fine, in a murder case, besides seven-year jail term under Arms Ordinance, with 20,000 fine, in the same case.
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According to the latest data published by Project 39A in its Death Penalty in India: Annual Statistics Report, in 2024 sessions courts imposed 139 death sentences, higher than the yearly average since 2016.
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