{"id":1970,"date":"2021-01-19T12:32:02","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T12:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=1970"},"modified":"2021-01-19T12:36:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T12:36:42","slug":"saudi-arabia-says-it-cut-beheadings-by-85-per-cent-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/01\/19\/saudi-arabia-says-it-cut-beheadings-by-85-per-cent-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia says it cut public beheadings by 85 per cent in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The Saudi Human Rights Commission (SHRC) documented 27 executions in 2020, which it said represented an 85% drop compared to 2019.<\/p>\n<div id=\"det_article_sommario\">\n<p>Last year 27 executions were reported, down from a record 184 in 2019. However, a third of them took place in December alone, raising fears of a new spike in 2021. Despite the moratorium, at least five inmates on death row were minors at the time of their offence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"det_article_image\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The majority of the world&#8217;s executions take place in China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Pakistan. North Korea&#8217;s numbers are unknown but likely rank towards the top.<\/p>\n<p>What lovely company to be in.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yashar Ali \ud83d\udc18 (@yashar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yashar\/status\/1349955476004343808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>It attributed that in part to an unannounced moratorium on executions for drug-related offences, &#8220;giving more non-violent criminals a second chance&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The campaign group Reprieve warned that the number might increase this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1974\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/saudi-arabia-beheads-executes-27-prisoners-year-2020-rapidnews-rapid-news-dailyrapidnews.png\" alt=\"saudi-arabia-beheads-executes-27-prisoners-year-2020-rapidnews-rapid-news-dailyrapidnews\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/saudi-arabia-beheads-executes-27-prisoners-year-2020-rapidnews-rapid-news-dailyrapidnews.png 1024w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/saudi-arabia-beheads-executes-27-prisoners-year-2020-rapidnews-rapid-news-dailyrapidnews-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/saudi-arabia-beheads-executes-27-prisoners-year-2020-rapidnews-rapid-news-dailyrapidnews-768x480.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>&#8220;The decline can partly be attributed to the Covid-19 lockdown\u00a0from February to April, when the government carried out no executions due to restrictions to control the virus,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>&#8220;The government recommenced executions at an increased rate in the final quarter of 2020: approximately one-third of all executions last year were carried out in December alone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Don&#8217;t be like Saudi Arabia or China. Abolish the death penalty.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 manu #BLM \ud83d\udd96 (@trekonomics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trekonomics\/status\/1350301392078925825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>According to Amnesty International, Saudi Arabia put to death a record 184 people in 2019. Half were foreign nationals and six were women.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Reprieve and the European-Saudi Organisation for Human Rights (ESOHR) are monitoring the cases of 80 people believed to be facing the death penalty at various stages of trial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Many faced execution for crimes related to protected human rights, or had alleged substantial violations of their due process rights at trial, Reprieve said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i80\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"css-2y05cd-StyledFigure e34k3c20\">\n<div class=\"css-kwaqyc-StyledFigureContainer 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