Saudi Arabia says it has executed 81 convicts in single day

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Source: Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Saturday executed 81 people convicted of a variety of crimes, including killings and belonging to militant groups, in the largest mass execution conducted by the kingdom in recent memory.

The state-run Saudi Press Agency announced the executions, saying they included those “convicted of various crimes, including the murdering of innocent men, women and children.” The kingdom also said some of those executed were members of al-Qaida, the Islamic State group and backers of Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

“The accused were provided with the right to an attorney and were guaranteed their full rights under Saudi law during the judicial process, which found them guilty of committing multiple heinous crimes that left a large number of civilians and law enforcement officers dead,” the Saudi Press Agency said.

“The kingdom will continue to take a strict and unwavering stance against terrorism and extremist ideologies that threaten the stability of the entire world,” the report added.

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1. Prince BoneSaw strikes again...

Why do we make nice with these barbarians?

[TreasonousBastard]

2. How many do we have on Death Row?

[Magoo48]

6. There is no high ground here to stand on.

[Ferrets are Cool]

3. Our "allies" folks

[Evolve Dammit]

4. Headin' back to a barbaric past, but it never changed in many places. We have inflicted our share

[Alexander Of Assyria]

5. Barbaric despotic regime, a monstrous blot on the world...forever forgiven ...OIL!

Wonder if Iran could every do this and not be condemned by any American government, voraciously.

Oil greases the hypocrisy, so obvious.

But Iran gets the media Monster treatment, Saudi Dictatria gets the soft gloves…maddening hypocrisy and capitalistic propaganda…Iran has more oil btw.

[Evolve Dammit]

13. good observations and yeah oil and old relations are the continuing way of the world (US anyhow)

[EX500rider]

14. Actually Iran tops the list in number of people executed in 2021

Iran 353
Eygpt 82
Saudi 64

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment#By_country

[Alexander Of Assyria]

15. Guess Saudis needed to catch up, so this mass execution.

It is all not good, it’s not a football match.

[Magoo48]

7. The Saudi head choppers could kill 10,000 a day and we'd look the other way.

We worship their oil. Women’s rights be damned, Yemen be dammed. It’s fucked up.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

9. Yes. So fked up and our politicians as fked up as the saudis...cause, oil and capitalism runs

on oil, cheap or not.

[AllaN01Bear]

8. so, please tell me how capital punishment solves crimes . anyone ?

[SpankMe]

10. Barbarian. n/t

[Joinfortmill]

11. A hell-hole filled with black-gold and fanatics.

[bullwinkle428]

12. I'm so glad we're getting our additional oil from SA, and not those evil

Venezuelans.

[quakerboy]

16. Actually, i think what they said was "how much do you actually want that increase in oil output?"

[donte]

17. How many do we have on death row.

To begin with I don't think we have anyone on death row because they protested the government or were involved in peaceful demonstrations. All of the death row inmates in the U.S. have at least 10 years to appeal their sentence all the way to the supreme court. I don't know for sure but I would bet money that the Saudi system of justice is a sham even though the condemned have "Lawyers".

[Icanthinkformyself]

18. Execution methodology

is one reason Republicans are so enamored of theocracies, dictatorships and authoritarian rulers. Fawning over the way people are murdered by the state is a conservative way. Hurting others is their primary life goal.