Saudi sets new death penalty record with 340 executions in 2025 - AFP tally | The Citizen

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : Saudi Arabia resumed executions for drug offences at the end of 2022, after suspending the use of the death penalty in narcotics cases for around three years.
34% : Saudi Arabia, the world's largest exporter of oil, has faced consistent criticism over its use of the death penalty, which rights groups have condemned as excessive and in marked contrast to the kingdom's efforts to present a modern image to the world.
29% : ALSO READ: Pakistan's top court upholds death penalty for man who beheaded girlfriend The Arab world's largest economy is also one of the biggest markets for captagon, an illicit stimulant that was Syria's largest export under Bashar al-Assad -- according to the United Nations.

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