Human rights groups are concerned about the growing number of executions in Saudi Arabia.

Human rights groups are concerned about the growing number of executions in Saudi Arabia.

 Human rights groups have expressed concern about the death penalty in Saudi Arabia, saying that the number of executions in the country this year is higher than in previous years.

 Various media outlets and legal entities have expressed concern about the increase in the number of death sentences in Saudi Arabia.

 The Washington Post reported on the occasion of the International Day against the Death Penalty: “Despite Saudi Arabia’s claim that it will abolish the execution of juveniles in 2020, the execution of the young Mustafa Darwish last June caused worldwide concern.”

 The newspaper quoted a statement from the Saudi State Committee for Human Rights last year, which claimed that no underage person would be executed in the country.

 The Washington Post further stressed that the execution of Mustafa Darwish, who was arrested before the age of 18, refutes Saudi claims.

 The European-Saudi human rights organization also revealed that Saudi Arabia has increased executions in 2021 compared to last year.

 The organization said that the lives of dozens of people, including children and prisoners of conscience, are still in danger in Saudi Arabia due to the lack of justice.

 The organization also reported that the Saudi government violates international law and its obligations, in particular the Convention against Torture and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, by issuing and enforcing arbitrary death sentences, and continues to issue and enforce death sentences against minors. Gives.

 The statement said: “The European-Saudi Organization for Human Rights oversees trials involving the death penalty and political issues; Public investigations in Saudi Arabia, which are headed by the state security apparatus and are linked to the king and his son (Muhammad bin Salman), systematically violate all the rights of the accused.