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There's been no execution in Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 for a week.
In a year when the Saudi authorities have executed 322 people – more than one a day.
When the world is watching, they pause their killing spree.
1/3 - 🧵
In a year when the Saudi authorities have executed 322 people – more than one a day.
When the world is watching, they pause their killing spree.
1/3 - 🧵
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November 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
There's been no execution in Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 for a week.
In a year when the Saudi authorities have executed 322 people – more than one a day.
When the world is watching, they pause their killing spree.
1/3 - 🧵
In a year when the Saudi authorities have executed 322 people – more than one a day.
When the world is watching, they pause their killing spree.
1/3 - 🧵
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Ahead of Mohammed bin Salman's trip to Washington, Western countries are increasingly signaling to Riyadh that they can "execute and kill with impunity," writes Jeed Basyouni of @reprievehq.bsky.social.
Criticism - not red carpet state visits - is the only way to stop this trend.
Criticism - not red carpet state visits - is the only way to stop this trend.
Screams in Darkness: Saudi Arabia's Execution Spree Continues Amid State Visit
What’s worse than being sentenced to death? For Youssef al-Manasif, a Saudi citizen arrested for alleged childhood crimes, it is a second death sentence.
dawnmena.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Ahead of Mohammed bin Salman's trip to Washington, Western countries are increasingly signaling to Riyadh that they can "execute and kill with impunity," writes Jeed Basyouni of @reprievehq.bsky.social.
Criticism - not red carpet state visits - is the only way to stop this trend.
Criticism - not red carpet state visits - is the only way to stop this trend.
The Saudi regime has executed 322 people this year. Some were child defendants, most were alleged drug offenders, more than half were foreign nationals.
This excellent Guardian article, reported with Reprieve's help, gives voice to some of the victims of this unfathomably cruel execution spree.
This excellent Guardian article, reported with Reprieve's help, gives voice to some of the victims of this unfathomably cruel execution spree.
‘I’ll be executed on Tuesday’: families reveal panicked last calls from foreigners on Saudi’s death row
Relatives share with the Guardian final words of those killed amid ‘horrifying’ surge in capital punishment under Mohammed bin Salman’s rule
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Saudi regime has executed 322 people this year. Some were child defendants, most were alleged drug offenders, more than half were foreign nationals.
This excellent Guardian article, reported with Reprieve's help, gives voice to some of the victims of this unfathomably cruel execution spree.
This excellent Guardian article, reported with Reprieve's help, gives voice to some of the victims of this unfathomably cruel execution spree.
The victims of Saudi Arabia's 'war on drugs' are disproportionately vulnerable migrants - more than 170 foreign nationals have been executed for drug offences this year, often just for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
This excellent article tells some of their stories.
This excellent article tells some of their stories.
As Saudi Arabia Cracks Down on Drugs, Executions Near a Record High
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The victims of Saudi Arabia's 'war on drugs' are disproportionately vulnerable migrants - more than 170 foreign nationals have been executed for drug offences this year, often just for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
This excellent article tells some of their stories.
This excellent article tells some of their stories.
8 years ago today, a British 🇬🇧 national was abducted by Indian 🇮🇳 authorities for simply speaking up against human rights abuses.
Jagtar Singh Johal was taken just three weeks after his wedding day. He's been in detention and living with the threat of a death sentence ever since - 🧵1/8
Jagtar Singh Johal was taken just three weeks after his wedding day. He's been in detention and living with the threat of a death sentence ever since - 🧵1/8
November 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
8 years ago today, a British 🇬🇧 national was abducted by Indian 🇮🇳 authorities for simply speaking up against human rights abuses.
Jagtar Singh Johal was taken just three weeks after his wedding day. He's been in detention and living with the threat of a death sentence ever since - 🧵1/8
Jagtar Singh Johal was taken just three weeks after his wedding day. He's been in detention and living with the threat of a death sentence ever since - 🧵1/8
On Monday, Saudi Arabia executed Reprieve client and child defendant Abdullah Al-Derazi.
He was arrested in August 2014 when he was 18 years old.
The crimes he was charged with related to attending demonstrations calling for basic human rights - when he was still a child 🧵
He was arrested in August 2014 when he was 18 years old.
The crimes he was charged with related to attending demonstrations calling for basic human rights - when he was still a child 🧵
October 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
On Monday, Saudi Arabia executed Reprieve client and child defendant Abdullah Al-Derazi.
He was arrested in August 2014 when he was 18 years old.
The crimes he was charged with related to attending demonstrations calling for basic human rights - when he was still a child 🧵
He was arrested in August 2014 when he was 18 years old.
The crimes he was charged with related to attending demonstrations calling for basic human rights - when he was still a child 🧵
We're hiring. Come and work in our press team, on human rights stories that make a difference.
This is a great job for a communications professional with a few years experience or journalist looking to switch into NGO comms.
This is a great job for a communications professional with a few years experience or journalist looking to switch into NGO comms.
Media Officer Vacancy - Reprieve
How to apply: Please download the application form and job description. Completed application forms should then be uploaded using the form below by 23:59 GMT on 16 November 2025. Please note that cove...
reprieve.org
October 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
We're hiring. Come and work in our press team, on human rights stories that make a difference.
This is a great job for a communications professional with a few years experience or journalist looking to switch into NGO comms.
This is a great job for a communications professional with a few years experience or journalist looking to switch into NGO comms.
"When state after state is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on the black market to acquire drugs they cannot legitimately source, we’re talking about a system that is broken beyond repair" - Reprieve US comment in this excellent NBC News article 👇🏻
In Texas, new details about its execution drug underscore a closely guarded secret
A state law shields its source of pentobarbital, the sedative used in lethal injections. But documents reviewed by NBC News offer a glimpse into its most recent supply.
www.nbcnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"When state after state is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on the black market to acquire drugs they cannot legitimately source, we’re talking about a system that is broken beyond repair" - Reprieve US comment in this excellent NBC News article 👇🏻
"Journalist Turki al-Jasser was arrested, tortured, convicted on terrorism charges and executed for his anonymous satirical Twitter account poking fun at the regime. Like all dictators, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is terrified of comedians, and having a laugh at his expense is a capital crime.”
What I Want the Comedians Who Went to Saudi Arabia to Know
There were only eight executions during the Riyadh Comedy Festival.
foreignpolicy.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"Journalist Turki al-Jasser was arrested, tortured, convicted on terrorism charges and executed for his anonymous satirical Twitter account poking fun at the regime. Like all dictators, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is terrified of comedians, and having a laugh at his expense is a capital crime.”
Raising the case is not enough – Jagtar should be released and on a plane home.
We have been here before, with prime ministers and foreign secretaries claiming to have ‘raised’ the case, but none of them got it done. Sir Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper must succeed where their predecessors failed
We have been here before, with prime ministers and foreign secretaries claiming to have ‘raised’ the case, but none of them got it done. Sir Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper must succeed where their predecessors failed
Case of Briton detained for eight years raised with Indian leader – PM
Sir Keir Starmer said he had discussed the imprisonment of Jagtar Singh Johal with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
www.independent.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Raising the case is not enough – Jagtar should be released and on a plane home.
We have been here before, with prime ministers and foreign secretaries claiming to have ‘raised’ the case, but none of them got it done. Sir Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper must succeed where their predecessors failed
We have been here before, with prime ministers and foreign secretaries claiming to have ‘raised’ the case, but none of them got it done. Sir Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper must succeed where their predecessors failed
Jagtar has been totally acquitted of the allegations against him after a seven-year trial. The prosecution "miserably failed" to produce any credible evidence.
Keir Starmer is uniquely well-placed to succeed where his predecessors failed, and bring Jagtar home to his family in Dumbarton.
Keir Starmer is uniquely well-placed to succeed where his predecessors failed, and bring Jagtar home to his family in Dumbarton.
Sir Keir urged to use India trip to call for release of Briton Jagtar Singh Johal
Sikh activist was detained and imprisoned by Indian authorities in 2017
www.independent.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Jagtar has been totally acquitted of the allegations against him after a seven-year trial. The prosecution "miserably failed" to produce any credible evidence.
Keir Starmer is uniquely well-placed to succeed where his predecessors failed, and bring Jagtar home to his family in Dumbarton.
Keir Starmer is uniquely well-placed to succeed where his predecessors failed, and bring Jagtar home to his family in Dumbarton.
The PM raised Jagtar’s case with Modi during his visit to London but, the letter says, “raising the case is not enough. Ministers in the previous govt raised Jagtar’s case more than 100 times, but he remains in prison and it’s hard to see that progress was made as a result of these interventions.”
Arbitrary detention victims urge Starmer to press Modi on jailed British Sikh
Activist Jagtar Singh Johal has been held in Indian prison for nearly eight years without full trial
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The PM raised Jagtar’s case with Modi during his visit to London but, the letter says, “raising the case is not enough. Ministers in the previous govt raised Jagtar’s case more than 100 times, but he remains in prison and it’s hard to see that progress was made as a result of these interventions.”
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“It is an indisputable fact that Mohammed bin Salman’s Saudi Arabia executes people for childhood crimes... The penalty for dissent is death, whether the person criticizing the regime is 15 or 50 years old.” @reprievehq.bsky.social
Saudi Arabia executes man over protests he attended as a 15-year-old
Jalal al-Labbad and his brothers were imprisoned over charges stemming from participation in Arab Spring protests. He and one of his brothers have since been executed.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 22, 2025 at 10:46 AM
“It is an indisputable fact that Mohammed bin Salman’s Saudi Arabia executes people for childhood crimes... The penalty for dissent is death, whether the person criticizing the regime is 15 or 50 years old.” @reprievehq.bsky.social
🚨 The U.S. 🇺🇸 is set to hit its highest execution rate in 10 years - a grim and terrifying escalation.
Here’s what you need to know - 🧵1/6
Here’s what you need to know - 🧵1/6
July 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🚨 The U.S. 🇺🇸 is set to hit its highest execution rate in 10 years - a grim and terrifying escalation.
Here’s what you need to know - 🧵1/6
Here’s what you need to know - 🧵1/6
Civilians Salem and Waleed Bin Ali Jaber were killed by a US strike in 2012. The family has been seeking accountability with ECCHR and Reprieve's help.
"Our hearts are broken, and our faith in international law is shaken," they said, in response to the ruling. "Where else can we turn for justice?”
"Our hearts are broken, and our faith in international law is shaken," they said, in response to the ruling. "Where else can we turn for justice?”
The Federal Constitutional Court finds no grounds for protection for victims of US drone strikes in Yemen. However, the door remains open for future proceedings in cases of possible violations of international law involving German participation. www.ecchr.eu/pressemittei...
@reprievehq.bsky.social
@reprievehq.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Civilians Salem and Waleed Bin Ali Jaber were killed by a US strike in 2012. The family has been seeking accountability with ECCHR and Reprieve's help.
"Our hearts are broken, and our faith in international law is shaken," they said, in response to the ruling. "Where else can we turn for justice?”
"Our hearts are broken, and our faith in international law is shaken," they said, in response to the ruling. "Where else can we turn for justice?”
Think this couldn't happen here in UK🇬🇧 ? Think again.
Until we end citizenship stripping, this extreme power will be available to the Home Secretary, whichever party is in government.
news.sky.com/story/donald...
Until we end citizenship stripping, this extreme power will be available to the Home Secretary, whichever party is in government.
news.sky.com/story/donald...
Donald Trump threatens to revoke Rosie O'Donnell's US citizenship
O'Donnell responded to the US president's threat by posting a photograph of him with Jeffrey Epstein on Instagram.
news.sky.com
July 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Think this couldn't happen here in UK🇬🇧 ? Think again.
Until we end citizenship stripping, this extreme power will be available to the Home Secretary, whichever party is in government.
news.sky.com/story/donald...
Until we end citizenship stripping, this extreme power will be available to the Home Secretary, whichever party is in government.
news.sky.com/story/donald...
Saudi Arabia is on track to break its own grim record for number of executions carried out in one year, with a significant rise in executions for drugs.
Today, Associated Press reported on the findings of Reprieve's execution monitoring in the first six months of 2025: apnews.com/article/saud...
Today, Associated Press reported on the findings of Reprieve's execution monitoring in the first six months of 2025: apnews.com/article/saud...
Executions in Saudi Arabia reach a record high mostly over drug cases, Amnesty says
Amnesty International says executions in Saudi Arabia hit a record high last year, with 345 people put to death.
apnews.com
July 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Saudi Arabia is on track to break its own grim record for number of executions carried out in one year, with a significant rise in executions for drugs.
Today, Associated Press reported on the findings of Reprieve's execution monitoring in the first six months of 2025: apnews.com/article/saud...
Today, Associated Press reported on the findings of Reprieve's execution monitoring in the first six months of 2025: apnews.com/article/saud...
🚨 4 Reprieve clients face execution in Saudi Arabia—
IN THE 24H🚨
Time is running out for Rami Al Najjar, Ahmed Zeinhom, Hesham Telesi and Abdelfattah Kamal, convicted of non-violent drug crimes.
Share this now to tell the Saudi regime that these executions must be halted! 📢
IN THE 24H🚨
Time is running out for Rami Al Najjar, Ahmed Zeinhom, Hesham Telesi and Abdelfattah Kamal, convicted of non-violent drug crimes.
Share this now to tell the Saudi regime that these executions must be halted! 📢
June 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
🚨 4 Reprieve clients face execution in Saudi Arabia—
IN THE 24H🚨
Time is running out for Rami Al Najjar, Ahmed Zeinhom, Hesham Telesi and Abdelfattah Kamal, convicted of non-violent drug crimes.
Share this now to tell the Saudi regime that these executions must be halted! 📢
IN THE 24H🚨
Time is running out for Rami Al Najjar, Ahmed Zeinhom, Hesham Telesi and Abdelfattah Kamal, convicted of non-violent drug crimes.
Share this now to tell the Saudi regime that these executions must be halted! 📢
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We are outraged by the execution of Turki al-Jasser, a courageous Saudi journalist & writer who exposed royal corruption online. Our hearts are with his loved ones.
Nearly 7 years since MBS ordered the murder of #JamalKhashoggi with impunity, MBS has only been emboldened.
apnews.com/article/saud...
Nearly 7 years since MBS ordered the murder of #JamalKhashoggi with impunity, MBS has only been emboldened.
apnews.com/article/saud...
Saudi Arabia executes a journalist after 7 years behind bars. Activists say it was over his tweets
Saudi Arabia has executed a prominent Saudi journalist who was arrested seven years ago and convicted on terrorism and treason charges.
apnews.com
June 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
We are outraged by the execution of Turki al-Jasser, a courageous Saudi journalist & writer who exposed royal corruption online. Our hearts are with his loved ones.
Nearly 7 years since MBS ordered the murder of #JamalKhashoggi with impunity, MBS has only been emboldened.
apnews.com/article/saud...
Nearly 7 years since MBS ordered the murder of #JamalKhashoggi with impunity, MBS has only been emboldened.
apnews.com/article/saud...
“The death penalty remains unpopular and practiced by a very small number of states. In those states, you see an increased willingness to do whatever it takes to carry out executions. The result is we’re more likely to see executions go wrong.”
US to put four prisoners to death this week as Trump pushes for executions
Killings scheduled in Alabama, Florida, Oklahoma and South Carolina despite concern over states’ methods
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
“The death penalty remains unpopular and practiced by a very small number of states. In those states, you see an increased willingness to do whatever it takes to carry out executions. The result is we’re more likely to see executions go wrong.”
"This is a dark time in US capital punishment. The dominant method of execution, lethal injection, is broken. Yet through his executive order on the death penalty, President Trump has sent a strong signal to states to push forward with executions."
4 executions are scheduled in 4 states over four days this week. Here’s what we know | CNN
Over the next four days, four inmates in four states are scheduled to be put to death – a cluster that, while not abnormal – comes amid a national uptick in executions as President Donald Trump calls ...
edition.cnn.com
June 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"This is a dark time in US capital punishment. The dominant method of execution, lethal injection, is broken. Yet through his executive order on the death penalty, President Trump has sent a strong signal to states to push forward with executions."
We wrote to the Foreign Office urging the government to update its travel advice to Saudi Arabia so British nationals are fully informed of the risks to their safety should they visit the country. The Daily Mail reported on our letter👇🏽
Wife's warning as man jailed for a decade after visiting tourist spot
Ahmed al-Doush, a senior business analyst at Bank of America, lived in Manchester before the day of his arrest when he was swooped on at an airport on August 31 last year as he prepared to fly home.
www.dailymail.co.uk
June 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
We wrote to the Foreign Office urging the government to update its travel advice to Saudi Arabia so British nationals are fully informed of the risks to their safety should they visit the country. The Daily Mail reported on our letter👇🏽
"We reject, as fundamentally racist, the argument that those born British who hold dual citizenship can be deprived of their British passport while those with no foreign heritage cannot."
Strong comment piece in the FT from Lord Alf Dubs and @Jacob_Rees_Mogg
Strong comment piece in the FT from Lord Alf Dubs and @Jacob_Rees_Mogg
Alf Dubs and Jacob Rees-Mogg: citizenship stripping is fundamentally unBritish
Shamima Begum made grave mistakes. But she is our responsibility and no one else’s
www.ft.com
May 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
"We reject, as fundamentally racist, the argument that those born British who hold dual citizenship can be deprived of their British passport while those with no foreign heritage cannot."
Strong comment piece in the FT from Lord Alf Dubs and @Jacob_Rees_Mogg
Strong comment piece in the FT from Lord Alf Dubs and @Jacob_Rees_Mogg
"This is the reality of Mohammed bin Salman’s Saudi Arabia. The 'land of peace, safety, harmony' extolled by Trump is one of the world’s most repressive dictatorships and most prolific executioners." [gift link]
Saudi Arabia Is Executing More People Than Ever
Trump’s speech allows Mohammed bin Salman’s regime to continue its killing spree without censure.
foreignpolicy.com
May 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
"This is the reality of Mohammed bin Salman’s Saudi Arabia. The 'land of peace, safety, harmony' extolled by Trump is one of the world’s most repressive dictatorships and most prolific executioners." [gift link]
This is what can happen when the UK government fails to stand up for the rights of its citizens arbitrarily detained overseas.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
British man being held in Saudi Arabia jailed for 10 years, say lawyers
UK Foreign Office criticised by campaigners as Ahmed al-Doush given sentence for charges thought to relate to deleted tweet
www.theguardian.com
May 16, 2025 at 10:06 AM
This is what can happen when the UK government fails to stand up for the rights of its citizens arbitrarily detained overseas.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...