Saudi Arabia: Further Information on Death Penalty/Fear of imminent execution
Saudi Arabia: Further Information on Death Penalty/Fear of imminent execution
Index Number: MDE 23/049/2008Date Published: 27 November 2008
Categories: Saudi Arabia
The Court of Cassation has confirmed the death sentence against Canadian national Mohamed Kohail and Jordanian national Mehanna Sa’d. Their sentences will now have to be approved by the Supreme Judicial Council. If approved, the two men could be executed at any time. Sultan Kohail is still awaiting retrial at a General Court: he could be sentenced to death, despite the fact that he is 17 years old.