The government of Saudi Arabia executes an average of more than two
people a week - almost half are foreign nationals from poor and developing
countries.
Amnesty International has received secretly filmed grisly footage of a
man being beheaded in Saudi Arabia. The organization strongly condemns
the execution and calls for the Saudi Arabian government to adhere to
the UN moratorium on executions around the world.
Riz Ahmed, the actor who appeared in the film "Road to Guantánamo", reads Jumah al-Dossari’s poem and Andrew Motion, poet laureate, discusses the work of Abdur Rahim Muslim Dost.
The disciplinary measures against Saudi Arabian lawyer Abdul Rahman al-Lahem must be dropped immediately if they appear have been initiated solely because of his legitimate activities in defending a rape victim who received a sentence of 200 lashes and a prison term, Amnesty International said today.
