21 Pakistanis executed in KSA in 2024

Saudi Arabia has executed more than 101 foreigners this year, according to an AFP tally, who included 21 from Pakistan, 20 from Yemen, 14 from Syria, 10 from Nigeria, nine from Egypt, eight from Jordan and seven from Ethiopia.

The latest execution, on Saturday in the south-western region of Najran, was of a Yemeni national convicted of smuggling drugs into the Gulf kingdom, the official Saudi Press Agency reported.

In 2023 and 2022, Saudi authorities had put to death 34 foreigners each year, according to AFP tallies. "This is the largest number of executions of foreigners in one year, Taha al-Hajji, the legal director for the Berlin-based European-Saudi Organisation for Human Rights said.