Saudi Arabia has executed 81 men over the past 24 hours, including seven Yemenis and one Syrian national, who were convicted of “multiple heinous crimes”, including terrorism, state news agency SPA reported.
According to SPA, 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 crimes that left a large number of civilians and law enforcement officers dead.
The kingdom’s last mass execution came in January 2016, when the kingdom executed 47 people, including prominent opposition Shiite scholar Ayatollah Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.
Most of the executed people were from Al-Ahasa which is a majority Shia province.
Human rights organisations said many accused do not receive fair trials in Saudi Arabia, an allegation that the government rejects.
