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https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/saudi-beheading.jpg460275Saudi Arabia is well on track to far surpass its previous annual execution records, Amnesty International warned after three more men were put to death this morning, bringing the total number of executions in the country to 44 so far this year.