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‘Don’t they have mercy?’: A mother on losing her son in a record year of Saudi executions
ByTom Levitt January 26, 2026

Essam al-Shazly is the latest foreign national to die in a ‘horrifying’ surge in capital punishment under the rule of Mohammed bin SalmanIn his four years on death row, Essam al-Shazly’s mother was his only contact with the outside world. During their …

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‘I’ll be executed on Tuesday’: families reveal panicked last calls from foreigners on Saudi’s death row
ByTom Levitt and Guardian reporters November 12, 2025

Relatives share with the Guardian final words of those killed amid ‘horrifying’ surge in capital punishment under Mohammed bin Salman’s ruleIn the city of Tabuk in the far north of Saudi Arabia, neon lights flicker on in an overcrowded ward of a prison…

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‘I’ll be executed on Tuesday’: families reveal panicked last calls from foreigners on Saudi’s death row
ByTom Levitt and Guardian reporters November 12, 2025

Relatives share with the Guardian final words of those killed amid ‘horrifying’ surge in capital punishment under Mohammed bin Salman’s ruleIn the city of Tabuk in the far north of Saudi Arabia, neon lights flicker on in an overcrowded ward of a prison…

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Saudi Arabia executing ‘horrifying’ number of foreigners for drug crimes
ByTom Levitt July 8, 2025

Hundreds put to death for non-violent drug offences over past decade, with little scrutiny of Saudis, says AmnestySaudi Arabia has carried out a “horrifying” number of executions for drug crimes over the past decade, most of which were of foreign natio…

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