AFP: Saudi Arabia has executed 100 people in the last 70 days.
Following the mass executions of 81 people in Saudi Arabia, news sources reported that the number of executions in the country had reached 100 in about two and a half months.
Western media reported that the total number of executions in Saudi Arabia since the beginning of this year (about two and a half months) has reached 100 people.
Four more death sentences were carried out in Saudi Arabia yesterday, bringing the total number of executions to 100 since the beginning of the year, France 24 news website reported, quoting AFP on Thursday.
AFP noted that the executions took place a few days ago when Riyadh was criticized for the mass execution of 81 people. The Saudi Interior Ministry said in a statement issued by its official news agency (WAS) that it had executed several Indonesian and Saudi nationals on Thursday.
Riyadh claimed that these people were executed on charges of murder and rape. The announcement came as three other people were executed in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson traveled to Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi Interior Ministry announced on Saturday that it had executed 81 people for what it called deviant beliefs and links to terrorism. Reacting to the news, the so-called “Saudi Peninsula Opposition” said that 41 of those executed were youths from the Al-Harak peace movement and residents of the Shiite areas of Ehsa and Qatif.
The Yemeni government also reacted to Saudi Arabia’s announcement by announcing that two Yemeni prisoners of war imprisoned in Saudi Arabia were among 81 people executed by the Saudi regime in violation of international law.
