Saudi Arabia beheadings being carried out at record pace

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Saudi Arabia doubles 2006 executions total in mid-May
(AFP)

15 May 2007


RIYADH - Saudi authorities announced the 74th execution of the year on Tuesday, doubling the total number of beheadings carried out in 2006 less than five months into 2007. snip

Earlier in the day, the ministry announced the execution of Indian national Abu Bakr Aburat in the capital Riyadh for heroin smuggling.

For the whole of 2006, 37 people were executed in the conservative Gulf state, while 83 were put to death in 2005 and 35 the year before, according to AFP tallies based on official statements.

Executions are usually carried out in public in Saudi Arabia, which applies a strict form of sharia, or Islamic law. Rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking can all carry the death penalty.

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1. Oil ... religionizing ... evil rich people ... executions as entertainment

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