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Saudi Arabia has executed over 100 foreign nationals in 2024, marking a significant increase compared to previous years, according to a tally by AFP, which a rights group described as unprecedented. The latest execution took place on Saturday in Najran, where a Yemeni national was executed for drug smuggling, as reported by the official Saudi Press Agency. This brought the total number of foreign nationals executed this year to 101, based on state media reports compiled by AFP. AFP noted that this year's figures are nearly three times higher than those in 2023 and 2022 when 34 foreigners were executed each year. The European-Saudi Organisation for Human Rights (ESOHR), based in Berlin stated that this year's executions had already set a record. "This is the largest number of executions of ...

Abdul Rahim, an auto-driver from Kozhikode has been in Riyadh jail for more than 18 years. The much awaited court order that was due to come today (November 17) on his discharge petition has been delayed by another two weeks. Rahim who went to Riyadh from India in 2006, found himself accused of murder after a differently-abled Saudi boy died inside the car he was driving. Abdul Rahim was an auto-driver in Kozhikode's Feroke before he left for Saudi Arabia in 2006. He got a job as a driver in Riyadh and had to take care of a differently-abled boy in the family. Rahim was sentenced to death after the device that helped the disabled boy breath accidentally fell inside the car while Rahim was driving. Reportedly, Rahim had unintentionally touched the device which led to the death of the disab...

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Saudi Arabia Executes Over 100 Foreigners In 2024, Triple Than Last Year

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