Execution of 47 convicted terrorists
On January 2, 2016, theKingdom of Saudi Arabia carried out a massexecution of 47 imprisoned civilians convicted of terrorism in 12provinces in the country.[ 1] beheaded and four were executed byfiring squads . Among the 47 people killed wasShia Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr .[ 2] [ 3] Specialized Criminal Court on 15 October 2014 for "seeking 'foreign meddling' inSaudi Arabia , 'disobeying' its rulers and taking up arms against the security forces".[ 4] His execution was condemned byreligious and political figures and human rights groups . The Saudi government said the body would not be handed over to the family.[ 5] Al-Nimr was very critical of theSaudi Arabian government , and had called for freeelections in Saudi Arabia .[ 6]
The mass execution sparkedmass protests across theMiddle East , during which protesters inTehran andMashhad burned part of the Saudi diplomatic missions, and the Saudi embassy in theIraqi capitalBaghdad was attacked by protesters and a rocket. The embassies were empty during the attacks. In response, the Saudi state severed ties withIran .[ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
List of executed people [ edit ] Out of the total forty-seven people executed, forty-five wereSaudis , one wasEgyptian , and one wasChadian .[ 10]
Ameen Mohammed Abdullah Al Aqala (Saudi) Anwar Abdulrahman Khalil Al-Najjar (Saudi) Badr bin Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Badr (Saudi) Bandar Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Ghaith (Saudi) Hassan Hadi bin Shuja'a Al-Masareer (Saudi) Hamad bin Abdullah bin Ibrahim Al-Humaidi (Saudi) Khalid Mohammed Ibrahim Al-Jarallah (Saudi) Ridha Abdulrahman Khalil Al-Najjar (Saudi) Saad Salamah Hameer (Saudi) Salah bin Saeed bin Abdulraheem Al-Najjar (Saudi) Salah bin Abdulrahman bin Mohammed Al Hussain (Saudi) Saleh bin Abdulrahman bin Ibrahim Al-Shamsan (Saudi) Saleh bin Ali bin Saleh Al-Juma'ah (Saudi) Adel bin Saad bin Jaza' Al-Dhubaiti (Saudi) Adel Mohammed Salem Abdullah Yamani (Saudi) Abduljabbar bin Homood bin Abdulaziz Al-Tuwaijri (Saudi) Abdulrahman Dhakheel Faleh Al-Faleh (Saudi) Abdullah Sayer Moawadh Massad Al-Mohammadi (Saudi) Abdullah bin Saad bin Mozher Shareef (Saudi) Abdullah Saleh Abdulaziz Al-Ansari (Saudi) Abdullah Abdulaziz Ahmed Al-Muqrin (Saudi) Abdullah Musalem Hameed Al-Raheef (Saudi) Abdullah bin Mua'ala bin A'li (Saudi) Abdulaziz Rasheed bin Hamdan Al-Toaili'e (Saudi) Abdulmohsen Hamad bin Abdullah Al-Yahya (Saudi) Isam Khalaf Mohammed Al-Mothri'e (Saudi) Ali Saeed Abdullah Al Ribeh (Saudi) Ghazi Mohaisen Rashed (Saudi) Faris Ahmed Jama'an Al Showail (Saudi)Fikri Ali bin Yahya Faqih (Saudi) Fahd bin Ahmed bin Hanash Al Zamel (Saudi) Fahd Abdulrahman Ahmed Al-Buraidi (Saudi) Fahd Ali Ayedh Al Jubran (Saudi) Majed Ibrahim Ali Al-Mughainem (Saudi) Majed Moeedh Rashed (Saudi) Mishaal bin Homood bin Juwair Al-Farraj (Saudi) Mohammed Abdulaziz Mohammed Al-Muharib (Saudi) Mohammed Ali Abdulkarim Suwaymil (Saudi) Mohammed Fathi Abula'ti Al-Sayed (Egyptian) Mohammed bin Faisal bin Mohammed Al-Shioukh (Saudi) Mostafa Mohammed Altaher Abkar (Chadian) Moaidh Mufreh Ali Al Shokr (Saudi) Nasser Ali Ayedh Al Jubran (Saudi) Naif Saad Abdullah Al-Buraidi (Saudi) Najeeb bin abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Bohaiji (Saudi) Nimr Baqr al-Nimr (Saudi)Nimr Sehaj Zeid Al-Kraizi (Saudi)[ 10]
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