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Saudi Arabia breaks 20-year execution record: Amnesty International
Tuesday, November 10, 2015 9:55
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At least 151 people have been executed in Saudi Arabia so far this year, the highest figure in the last 20 years, Amnesty International says.
In a Monday statement, the rights group said Saudi authorities, on average, have put to death one person every other day in 2015.
The number shows a dramatic 68-percent rise in comparison with 90 executions carried out over the whole of the last year.
The last time Riyadh executed over 150 people in a single year was in 1995, when 192 executions were recorded, according to the statement …. http://www.presstv.ir
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2015/11/saudi-arabia-breaks-20-year-execution.html
