planning to execute dozens of people, including women and teenagers, most of them without trial
Saudi Arabia is planning to execute dozens of people, including women and teenagers, most of them without trial, the European Saudi Organization for Human Rights has said in a report.
Some 55 people are planned to be executed in near future. The people are currently behind bars over their roles in anti-regime protests.
The report said at least eight are between 18 and 20 years of age, adding that they were allegedly arrested when they were minors. Some of the detainees have been sentenced to death by the Saudi courts but others have yet to be officially charged.
Tallies gathered by some sources show that Saudis executed 153 people in 2015, putting the country atop the international rankings in exercising capital punishment.
Human rights campaigners have criticized the regime for the rising number of death sentences.
