Saudi Arabia - beheading in the 21st century.

Saudi Arabia uses public beheading as the punishment for murder, rape, drug trafficking, sodomy, armed robbery, apostasy and certain other offences.  2007 was the record year for executions with 153 men and three women executed. Forty five men and two women were beheaded in 2002, a further 52 men and 1 woman in 2003 and 35 men and a woman in 2004.  Executions rose in 2005 with 88 men and two women being beheaded and then reduced to 35 men and four women in 2006.  102 people were executed in Saudi Arabia during 2008 but it is thought that two of these were by shooting in Asir Province.  67 people were beheaded in 2009, including two women.  The execution rate fell markedly in 2010 with 26 men being beheaded.

The condemned of both sexes are typically given tranquillisers and then taken by police van to a public square or a car park after midday prayers. Their eyes are covered and they are blindfolded. The police clear the square of traffic and a sheet of plastic sheet about 16 feet square is laid out on the ground.

Dressed in either a white robe or their own clothes, barefoot, with shackled feet and hands cuffed behind their back, the prisoner is led by a police officer to the centre of the sheet where they are made to kneel facing Mecca. An Interior Ministry official reads out the prisoner's name and crime to the crowd.

Saudi Arabia uses a traditional Arab scimitar which is 1100-1200 mm long. The executioner is handed the sword by a policeman and raises the gleaming scimitar, often swinging it two or three times in the air to warm up his arm muscles, before approaching the prisoner from behind and jabbing him in the back with the tip of the blade, causing the person to raise their head. (see photo) Then with a single swing of the sword the prisoner is decapitated.

Normally it takes just one swing of the sword to sever the head, often sending it flying some two or three feet. Paramedics bring the head to a doctor, who uses a gloved hand to stop the fountain of blood spurting from the neck. The doctor sews the head back on, and the body is wrapped in the blue plastic sheet and taken away in an ambulance. Burial takes place in an unmarked grave in the prison cemetery.

Beheadings of women did not start until the early 1990’s, previously they were shot.  Forty seven women have been publicly beheaded up to the end of 2010.  

Most executions take place in the three major cities of Riyadh, Jeddah and Dahran. Saudi executioners take great pride in their work and the post tends to be handed down from one generation to the next. 

Source: Capital Punishment UK

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Eight Bangladeshi men have been executed in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh (The Real History)

Eight Bangladeshi men have been executed in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh, last Friday after the Asar Prayer.

Who ever want to know more about this type of brutal death penalty, they can search in YouTube, what has been captured by Mobile camera. In this Videos you will see that a lot of khaki uniformed police is protecting that area. It looks like The circus is surrounded by a public bank. Who will behead his foot and hand placement on the knees of the flame. The head Lowered into the front side.Then sword in handed, Saudi alakhallaha dressed Hangman's comes Ahead of the executioner's. As like as the animal what is sacrificed for Allah, they watch the executes from here and there & and they blocks excutes hands-legs. Generally 2 hangman's be there. After that they cut executes head by one shot by loudly shouting "Allahu Akbaar". 

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Then an Ambulance comes forward, which was next to waiting. Then they borrow the body in a streature. One of them put the head and keeps it in a side like a football. And then the people who watched, will arrive at home and will also describe the incident with happiness when they are taking there food. 

It is a regular activity of Saudia Arabia, thats why it do not effect over anyone. Rather the Saudi policy determinant shows that execute (behead) infront of the people what is called "Act of ALLAH" will make people carefull. It reduces crime in society.Many of the people thinks that it is not brutality, but rather it is an effective way to reduce crime in the society. Okay, I heard everything and I Understood everything. But it will not be realized, more than 14 hundred years ago, this "act of God," Why are not yet extinct in Saudi society, from crime to murder like this way? 

2007 was the record year for executions with 153 men and three women executed. Forty five men and two women were beheaded in 2002, a further 52 men and 1 woman in 2003 and 35 men and a woman in 2004. Executions rose in 2005 with 88 men and two women being beheaded and then reduced to 35 men and four women in 2006.  102 people were executed in Saudi Arabia during 2008 but it is thought that two of these were by shooting in Asir Province.  67 people were beheaded in 2009, including two women.  The execution rate fell markedly in 2010 with 26 men being beheaded. Do you think 14 hundred years was not enough for this type of crime to society can be abolished?

Who ever is supporting this legal argument and finding big logics of it, I am requesting those to think it again.

                      ............... to be continue.............

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Saudi Arabia executes eight Bangladeshi nationals

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Eight Bangladeshi men have been executed in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh on Friday.

The migrant workers, who were beheaded in public, were sentenced to death for the alleged murder of an Egyptian man in April 2007.

Since the end of the Holy month of Ramadan, executions have resumed in Saudi Arabia at an alarming rate.

“Court proceedings in Saudi Arabia fall far short of international standards for fair trial and news of these recent multiple executions is deeply disturbing,” said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Middle East and North Africa.

Executions have resumed in Saudi Arabia at an alarming rate since Ramadan.

© Amnesty International

“The Saudi authorities appear to have increased the number of executions in recent months, a move that puts the country at odds with the worldwide trend against the death penalty.”

“The government must establish an immediate moratorium on executions in the Kingdom and commute all death sentences, with a view to abolishing the death penalty completely,” she added.

The beheadings bring the number of executions in Saudi Arabia this year to at least 58, more than double than the 2010 figures. Twenty of those executed in 2011 were foreign nationals.

The Bangladeshi men who were executed are Ma'mun Abdul Mannan, Faruq Jamal, Sumon Miah, Mohammed Sumon, Shafiq al-Islam, Mas'ud Shamsul Haque, Abu al-Hussain Ahmed, Mutir al-Rahman.

According to reports, the Egyptian man was killed during a clash between the Bangladeshi workers and a group of men who allegedly were stealing electric cable from a building complex where the Bangladeshis worked.

Three other Bangladeshis were sentenced to prison terms and flogging.

Two other Saudi nationals were executed in the northern city of Tabuk, bringing the total number of executions on Friday to ten.

Many of those executed in Saudi Arabia in recent years have been foreign nationals, mostly migrant workers from poor and developing countries.

Defendants often have no defence lawyer and are unable to follow court proceedings in Arabic. They are also rarely allowed formal representation by a lawyer, and in many cases are not informed of the progress of legal proceedings against them.

They, and many of the Saudi Arabians who are executed, also have no access to influential figures such as government authorities or heads of tribes, nor to money, both crucial factors in paying blood money or securing a pardon in murder cases.

Saudi Arabia applies the death penalty for a wide range of offences.

They may be convicted solely on the basis of confessions obtained under duress or deception.

At least 158 people, including 76 foreign nationals, were executed by the Saudi Arabian authorities in 2007. In 2008 some 102 people, including almost 40 foreign nationals, were executed.

In 2009, at least 69 people are known to have been executed, including 19 foreign nationals and in 2010, at least 27 people were executed including six foreign nationals.

Source: Amnesty International

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8 Bangladeshi killed in Saudi Arabia

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The Saudi authorities executed eight Bangladeshi workers on Friday in the country’s capital Riyadh for their involvement in killing an Egyptian man.The migrant workers, who were beheaded in public, were sentenced to death for the murder of the man in April 2007, according to the Amnesty International.

Photo: Amnesty International

The executed are: Ma'mun Abdul Mannan, Faruq Jamal, Sumon Miah, Mohammed Sumon, Shafiq al-Islam, Mas'ud Shamsul Haque, Abu al-Hussain Ahmed and Mutir al-Rahman.

Details of executed Bangladeshis could not be learnt immediately.

According to a news posted on the AI website, the Egyptian man was killed during a clash between the Bangladeshi workers and a group of men who allegedly were stealing electric cable from a building complex where the Bangladeshis used to work.

Three other Bangladeshis were sentenced to prison terms and flogging for the murder.

Executions have resumed in Saudi Arabia at an alarming rate since the end of the Holy month of Ramadan, said the AI.

“Court proceedings in Saudi Arabia fall far short of international standards for fair trial and news of these recent multiple executions are deeply disturbing,” said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Middle East and North Africa.

“The Saudi authorities appear to have increased the number of executions in recent months, a move that puts the country at odds with the worldwide trend against the death penalty.”

“The government must establish an immediate moratorium on executions in the Kingdom and commute all death sentences, with a view to abolishing the death penalty completely,” she added.

Friday's beheading of the Bangladeshi nationals brings the number of executions in Saudi Arabia this year to at least 58, more than double than the 2010 figures. Twenty of those executed in 2011 were foreign nationals, the AI report said.Many of those executed in Saudi Arabia in recent years have been foreign nationals, mostly migrant workers from poor and developing countries.Defendants often have no defence lawyer and are unable to follow court proceedings in Arabic.

They are also rarely allowed formal representation by a lawyer, and in many cases are not informed of the progress of legal proceedings against them.They, and many of the Saudi Arabians who are executed, also have no access to influential figures such as government authorities or heads of tribes, nor to money, both crucial factors in paying blood money or securing a pardon in murder cases.Saudi Arabia applies the death penalty for a wide range of offences.They may be convicted solely on the basis of confessions obtained under duress or deception.This News is very negative for the Bangladeshi.

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