Saudi Arabia Ends Death Penalty For Crimes Committed By Minors
Saudi Arabia, which recently announced the abolition of whipping, has announced the abolition of the death penalty for juvenile delinquency.
Recently, on the orders of King Salman of Saudi Arabia, there was an announcement of the abolition of whipping in the country.
The abolition of the death penalty for juvenile delinquency has been announced by the state's human rights commission.
According to the BBC, Awad al-Awad, the president of the Saudi Arabian Human Rights Commission, has stated that under the royal decree, the death penalty (execution) for juvenile offenders in such cases is now a maximum of ten years. And they will have to spend these ten years in centers set up for children.
Last year, Saudi Arabia executed 178 men and six women. More than half of them were foreigners. Among them was a man who was sentenced to death for a minor offense.
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A few days ago, the Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia ordered the abolition of flogging in the country. In Saudi Arabia, flogging will be replaced by imprisonment and fines.
Reuters quoted a document from the Saudi Supreme Court as saying that the decision to lift the "flogging" sentence for the crime in Saudi Arabia was made earlier this month.
Many crimes in Saudi Arabia were flogged, but where the Saudi leadership has recently eliminated many things from the past, flogging has now become part of Saudi Arabia's past.
The court document states that the sentence was abolished on the orders of King Salman of Saudi Arabia, while the reform is being carried out under the direct supervision of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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Explaining the reason for this decision, it is said that this decision is an extension of the human rights reforms which have been introduced under the direction of King Salman and under the direct supervision of Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman.
Human rights groups have filed numerous cases in the past in which Saudi judges have flogged perpetrators of a number of crimes, including harassment and public drug use.
Awad al-Awad, head of the state-backed Human Rights Commission (HRC), told Reuters: "This reform is a landmark step in Saudi Arabia's human rights agenda and is one of the many recent reforms in the kingdom.
