A Syrian has been beheaded in Saudi Arabia after he was convicted of drug trafficking. According to an official Saudi Press Agency, the convict, “Talal Ali Qassem, was captured smuggling a large quantity of methamphetamine. Investigations led to his confession”.
The country’s interior ministry said the government is battling narcotics “because of their great harm to individuals and society”.
Qassem was executed in the northern region of Jawf, bringing to 68, the number of people executed this year despite international concern.
In September, Christof Heyns, an independent expert working on behalf of the United Nations called for an immediate suspension on the death penalty in Saudi Arabia.
According to him, his concerns were the obtaining of confessions under torture.
Rape, murder, apostasy and armed robbery are also punishable by death under the kingdom’s strict version of Islamic sharia law.
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