Saudi Arabia: Rights groups condemn new record number of executions in 2025

At least 347 people have now been put to death this year, according to the UK-based campaign group Reprieve.

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At least 347 people have now been put to death this year, up from a total of 345 in 2024, according to the UK-based campaign group Reprieve, which tracks executions in Saudi Arabia and has clients on death row.

It said this was the "bloodiest year of executions in the kingdom since monitoring began".

The latest prisoners to be executed were two Pakistani nationals convicted of drug-related offences.

Others put to death this year include a journalist and two young men who were children at the time of their alleged protest-related crimes. Five were women.