Saudi Arabia: Preventive Death Penalty Action

Index AI : MDE 23/018/1999
Date de publication : 9 novembre 1999
Catégorie(s) : Moyen-Orient et Afrique du Nord, Arabie saoudite

Amnesty International is concerned at the increased use of the death penalty in Saudi Arabia in recent months. The killing of Farhan Bin Yahya Bin Hasan Mashikhi on 9 November 1999 brings the number of people put to death this year to 101. The organization fears that dozens more are also at risk.