IN “MODERATE”SAUDI ARABIA….38 BEHEADINGS SO FAR IN 2013
http://www.thecommentator.com/article/3496/saudi_arabia_beheads_pakistani_drug_smuggler
Saudi Arabian authorities have reportedly beheaded a Pakistani national for smuggling drugs into the country.
A report in The Express Tribune stated that the man was caught attempting to smuggle an amount of heroin hidden inside his stomach. The statement was made by a spokesperson for the country’s interior ministry.
The unnamed man was beheaded in the capital city Riyadh this Wednesday, and brings the total number of beheadings in the country to 38 since the beginning of this year.
Earlier this year, in February, Jordanian national Faris Salam Salama al-Maghrebi was arrested while attempting to “smuggle a large amount of amphetamine” stimulant capsules into the kingdom, and was beheaded in the northern Jawf province.
In 2012, the kingdom executed 76 people, according to an AFP tally based on official figures. Human Rights Watch has put the number at 69.
Rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking are all punishable by death under Saudi Arabia’s strict version of sharia, or Islamic law.
The International Business Times reports that “immense volumes” of illegal amphetamines are being seized across the Middle East, particularly in Saudi Arabia.
“There is a worsening of the drug situation in the whole region, with no exceptions. We have to be very careful about this because there are no trend studies, but if you collect indirect indicators, I can tell you with certainty there’s an increase in drug abuse in the region,” Professor Jallal Toufiq, founder of the Middle East and North Africa Harm Reduction Association, told CNN.
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