They (the Saudis) executed 37 people today, mostly members of the country's persecuted Shia minority, in one of the largest mass executions in recent years. They were all beheaded, with two of the bodies being pinned to a pole as a warning to others.
Adam Coogle, Middle East researcher at Human Rights Watch: "Today's mass execution of mostly Shia citizens is a day we have feared for several years. The punishments are especially grotesque when they result from a flawed justice system that ignores torture allegations."
Amnesty International called the execution "a chilling demonstration of the Saudi Arabian authorities callous disregard for human life."
"It is also yet another gruesome indication of how the death penalty is being used as a political tool to crush dissent from within the country’s Shia minority," said Lynn Maalouf, Amnesty International’s Middle East Research Director.
“The use of the death penalty is always appalling but it is even more shocking when it is applied after unfair trials or against people who were under 18 at the time of the crime, in flagrant violation of international law.," she added.
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