Amnesty International
"A spree of executions that has sent10 prisoners to their deaths since the
beginning of the year in Saudi Arabia must be halted, Amnesty International said
today.
The beheadings included the death of Abdullah Fandi al-Shammari
on 5 February 2013 who had originally been convicted of manslaughter, but was
tried again on the charge of murder in proceedings that did not meet fair trial
standards.
The case has attracted significant attention in Saudi Arabia.
Al-Shammari was beheaded having spent over 30 years in
prison.
“This case has thrown the country’s flawed justice system into
especially sharp relief, highlighting the serious lack of transparency, patently
unfair trials, and fatal results,” said Philip Luther, Amnesty International’s
Director for the Middle East and North Africa........"
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