NICOSIA —
Amnesty International on Tuesday
urged Saudi Arabia to halt the execution of two Bahraini men accused of
terrorism-related crimes, as use of the death penalty spikes in the
conservative kingdom.
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Saudi Arabia has already executed 120 people so far
this year, according to an AFP tally. That total includes 81 put to death on a
single day in March, all for terrorism-related offences. It is also nearly
double the 65 total executions recorded in 2021, which itself was more than
double the total for 2020, Amnesty said in a report Tuesday analyzing use of
the death penalty worldwide.
Amnesty highlighted the cases of Jaafar Mohammad Sultan
and Sadeq Majeed Thamer, two Shiite men from neighboring Bahrain, whose death
sentences were upheld by
Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court last month. Amnesty said
the pair “are at imminent risk of execution”.
The sentences were handed down in October 2021 after a
“grossly unfair” trial, and the men have testified “that they were tortured and
that their so-called confessions were extracted under duress”, Amnesty said. A
Saudi government spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment
Tuesday.
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