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Victims, Executioner on Same Land

by Fadel al-Sultani | Oct 31, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

How can innocent, tortured spirits live in peace while their oppressors haven’t paid for their acts and may never do? Chilean-American novelist Ariel Dorfman has raised this question in his book “Death and the Maiden”, inspired from a real incident that took place in...

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EU Commission Suggests Unification of Security Measures in European Airports

by Abdullah Mustafa | Sep 15, 2016 | World

Brussels-Sir Julian King, the senior British diplomat picked to be the UK’s last European Commissioner, has received a positive feedback from members of partisan blocs in the European Parliament after a three-hour discussion among members of Civil Liberties,...

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Saudi Ministry of Justice: Our Principles do Not Force Couples to Separate

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 9, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

In a statement released today by the Adviser to and Spokesman for the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Justice HE Sheikh Mansur Al-Qifari, he stated that the judiciary system in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia applies the principles of Islamic Law which brought the most just...

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Saudi fire fighters inspecting a building that was subjected to terrorist operation in Riyadh

Al Samaani Denies Presence of Mentally-Ill Convicts

by Fahd Al-Zayabi | Jan 12, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

The Minister of Justice in Saudi Arabia and the head of the Supreme Judicial Council, Dr Walid al-Samaani, has refuted allegations on the presence of mentally ill or underage individuals among the 47 convicts who were executed on the 2nd of January 2016. Al-Samaani...

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Saudi Arabia Executes 47 Convicted Terrorists

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 2, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

The Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry announced on Saturday that 47 people convicted of plotting and perpetrating terrorist attacks targeting civilians and security forces have been executed. The Ministry statement, published on the official SPA news agency, said the 47...