Saudi Arabia: Stop the Death Penalty for Juveniles

Since 2015, the annual execution rate in Saudi Arabia has increased by 82% and at least 172 people were executed in 2023.

What to know:

• Since 2015, the annual execution rate in Saudi Arabia has increased by over 80%.
• Saudi Arabia should stop applying the death penalty for crimes committed by children.
• Help save the lives of child defendants on death row.

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Two young men have been executed in Saudi Arabia in 2025 for alleged crimes committed as minors, contradicting official claims the practice had ended and raising fears for other child offenders on death row.

All were convicted after grossly unfair trials, and several faced severe torture used to extract coerced confessions presented as “evidence.”

Meanwhile the execution toll in Saudi Arabia continues to spike, and 2025 is on course to exceed 2024’s record number of 345 executions.