Saudi Arabia has executed at least 100 foreign nationals in a little over six months in 2025, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP), as executions in the Kingdom continue to surge.
In 2024, Saudi Arabia executed 100 foreign nationals by November – underscoring the escalation in the execution crisis this year.
189 people in total have been executed this year, the majority for drug-related charges.
“In Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Saudi Arabia you can attend a rave in the desert, but you can also be executed for smoking hashish,” Jeed Basyouni, Reprieve’s head of death penalty projects in the Middle East told AFP.
“The billions spent promoting a more tolerant and inclusive Kingdom under the crown prince’s rule mask an authoritarian state where daily executions for drug crimes are now the norm.”
