Saudi Authorities Continue to Issue and Enforce Death Sentences Against Citizens on Vague and Ambiguous Charges

Sanad Human Rights Organization condemns the Saudi authorities’ continued issuance and enforcement of death sentences against citizens on general and vague charges lacking clarity and transparent legal standards. On Thursday, October 31, Saudi authorities executed citizens Sultan bin Mohammed bin Kameikh Al-Otaibi and Turki bin Mohammed bin Ashaish Al-Hazmi after convicting them on charges including “high treason,” “collaborating with terrorist entities,” and “adopting a terrorist ideology.”

Sanad views these broad charges as a tool used by the authorities to justify severe punishments, including the death penalty, in the absence of fair and transparent trials that uphold basic human rights. The organization indicates that the Saudi judiciary’s reliance on such contentious charges reflects a systematic policy to eliminate dissenting voices under a fragile legal pretext that lacks even the most basic international standards.

Sanad Human Rights Organization calls on the international community and humanitarian organizations to intervene and pressure Saudi authorities to stop using severe penalties and to reassess their judicial system to ensure the protection of human rights and prevent the exploitation of laws to settle political and ideological scores.