Saudi Arabia executes more people in one day than last year
Saudi Arabia executed 81 people on Saturday, more than in all of last year, according to the Air Force.
Back to group seven Yemenis and one Syrian citizen entered. Those executed were accused of committing “many serious crimes” including terrorism.
Some were charged with belonging to the Islamic State, al-Qaeda, or the Houthis in Yemen .
Human rights organizations claim that there were no fair trials in many cases, but the government denies these allegations.
69 people were executed in Saudi Arabia last year.
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