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Ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia has one of the world's highest rates of execution with more than 2,000 people executed between 1985 and 2016 (AFP/File Photo)

October 3rd, 2017 - 12:13 GMT

Saudi's Execution Count for 2017 Hits 100

The man was sentenced to death for murdering another Saudi man and an appeals court upheld the ruling.

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November 2nd, 2014 - 07:38 GMT

Saudi King pardons Shia leader

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October 19th, 2014 - 10:40 GMT

Saudi officials arrest Sunni cleric

Al Bawaba

June 28th, 2014 - 04:21 GMT

Human Rights Watch slams Saudi for phone-hacking

Saudi Arabia's intervention in Bahrain to suppress the Shiite majority opposition uprising in 2011 sparked other protests in KSA's Eastern Province in response (File Archive)

December 23rd, 2013 - 08:54 GMT

Saudi Arabian Shiite sentenced to 30 years in prison for protest participation

Qatif is the center of the uprising in the Kingdom.

February 15th, 2013 - 05:00 GMT

Saudi's ignored uprising: the Shia of the East unite

Unverifiable video still of protestors mourning the death in Qatif

July 12th, 2012 - 05:15 GMT

Is this the beginning of the Arab Spring in Saudi or just Shia unrest?

Saudi protest

July 9th, 2012 - 10:31 GMT

Saudi Arabia: Two Shiites killed during clashes with police

Saudi Arabia

February 11th, 2012 - 08:58 GMT

One Saudi protester killed as kingdom pushes for UN resolution on Syria

Saudi forces

August 29th, 2011 - 02:52 GMT

Report: Two Saudi towns surrounded after protests

Saudi protest

March 11th, 2011 - 07:43 GMT

Saudi Arabia: Three wounded in protest

Saudi security forces

March 5th, 2011 - 01:08 GMT

Several detained during Saudi protests

Saudi army

February 25th, 2011 - 07:03 GMT

Peaceful protests held in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia