Some of the 37 Saudi nationals were executed ‘for adopting terrorist and extremist thinking’ after sham trials, says Amnesty International
Friends of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi hold posters and banners during a demonstration outside the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, on October 25 2018. Picture: REUTERS/OSMAN ORSALIranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned the silence of US President Donald Trump’s administration on Saudi Arabia’s mass execution of 37 people convicted of terrorism.
He was referring to the murder of prominent Saudi journalist and regime critic Jamal Khashoggi last year in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. It said one person was crucified after his execution, a punishment reserved for particularly serious crimes. Executions in the ultra-conservative oil-rich kingdom are usually carried out by beheading.
The rights watchdog said 11 of those executed were convicted of spying for Shiite majority Iran, while at least 14 others were sentenced in connection with anti-government protests between 2011 and 2012 in the Eastern Province where most of Saudi Arabia’s Shiite minority live.
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