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April 24, 2019

Saudi Arabia Carries Out Mass Execution of Prisoners, Including Public Crucifixion
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Human rights groups are condemning Saudi Arabia's mass execution of 37
prisoners accused of terrorism and espionage. Amnesty International says
11 of the men put to death were convicted of spying for Iran after what
it called a "grossly unfair trial." Amnesty says least 14 others were
convicted for participating in anti-government protests between 2011 and
2012. Amnesty says the 14 men were tortured in order to have
"confessions" extracted from them. One prisoner's body and severed head
were put on display in a public crucifixion. In response, Maya Foa,
director of the British legal charity Reprieve, said, "That the Saudi
regime believes it has impunity to carry out such patently illegal
executions, without notice, should shock its international partners into
action."


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