Saudi Arabia hires more executioners to cope with demand

May 31, 2015
Issue 
1055
World
The Saudi regime is calling for more executioners after the 85th execution in Saudi Arabia this year.

Saudi Arabia, a member of the UN's Human Rights Council and a close US ally, is hiring more executioners, according to its Ministry of Civil Service website.

on May 20: 鈥淲ith 85 people already executed this year alone, Saudi Arabia is recruiting eight more executioners to fulfil positions that require carrying out beheadings, as well as performing amputations on those who committed smaller offenses, according to a .

鈥淓xecutions have been on the rise since last August, with the call for additional executioners coming a day after a man became the 85th person to be executed in Saudi Arabia this year.鈥

The article said that behind China and Iran, Saudi Arabia was one of the top five countries in the world for sentencing people to death, according to an Amnesty International report released in March.

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