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Saudi Arabia sets execution record with 340 deaths in 2025

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Saudi Arabia has set a new national record for executions in a single year, with an AFP tally reporting 340 deaths so far in 2025. This marks the second consecutive year the kingdom has broken its own record for executions since documentation began in the 1990s.

The 340 executions in 2025 surpassed the previous record of 338 set in 2024. Human rights groups like Amnesty International and Reprieve had monitored 345 executions in 2024.

The significant increase is largely attributed to the kingdom's "war on drugs" launched in 2023. As of October 2025, 195 of the year's executions were for drug-related crimes.

Foreign nationals, often migrant workers, are bearing the brunt of this campaign, with many executed for non-violent drug offenses after trials that human rights organizations claim violate international law.

Saudi Arabia ranks as one of the world's leading executioners, trailing only China and Iran in recent years.

Human rights organizations argue that the high rate of capital punishment is in sharp contrast to Saudi Arabia's efforts to project a modern image to the world under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's Vision 2030 reform agenda. 

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