Saudi Arabia executions: 'Drastic' reduction reported in 2020
Saudi Arabia "drastically" reduced the number of people it put to death last year, according to a governmental body./ , which it said represented an 85% drop compared to 2019./ It attributed that in part to an unannounced moratorium on executions for drug-related offences, "giving more non-violent criminals a second chance"./ The campaign group Reprieve warned that the number might increase this year./ from February to April, when the government carried out no executions due to restrictions to control the virus," it said./ "The government ...
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