21 Pakistanis executed in Saudi Arabia in 2024

RIYADH: More than 100 foreigners, including 21 Pakistanis have been executed by Saudi Arabia in 2024 on various charges, according to a tally by AFP.

According to the official Saudi Press Agency, a Yemeni national convicted of smuggling drugs into the kingdom was executed on Saturday.

According to the AFP tally, which the agency compiled from state media reports, that brought to 101 the number of foreigners executed so far in 2024, almost triple the figures for 2022 and 2023.

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“This is the largest number of executions of foreigners in one year. Saudi Arabia has never executed 100 foreigners in a year,” said Taha al-Hajji, legal director for the Berlin-based European-Saudi Organisation for Human Rights (ESOHR).

AFP said foreigners executed this year included 21 from Pakistan, 20 from Yemen, 14 from Syria, 10 from Nigeria, nine from Egypt, eight from Jordan, seven from Ethiopia and three each from India, Sudan and Afghanistan.

At least 1,115 executions have been carried out under Saudi King Mohammad bin Salman’s rule between 21 June 2017 and 9 October 2024.