Thursday, March 05, 2015

Saudi Arabia is believed to have executed 38 people so far this year--but all were moderately beheaded

"Saudi Arabia is beheading criminals at an unprecedented rate - almost half of them for non-violent drugs crimes, the human rights charity Amnesty International has warned.

The Arab state is believed to have executed 38 people so far this year, treble the number in the same period in 2014 and a sign its new King Salman is showing no mercy to offenders."