Pena de morte: Mais dois são executados por tráfico na Arábia Saudita

A Arábia Saudita continuou a sua tentativa de permanecer nas categorias mais altas entre os países que executam as pessoas por delitos de drogas, decapitando dois paquistaneses em partes diferentes do país na semana passada. Junto com o Irã, a Indonésia e a Malásia, a Arábia Saudita está entre os assassinos mais prolíficos de infratores da legislação antidrogas.

De acordo com o grupo contrário à pena de morte, Ninguém Toca no Caim, citando fontes da mídia estatal saudita, o cidadão paquistanês Bhrour Sadbar Khan foi justiçado no dia 08 de novembro em Riade por contrabandear heroína ao reino. O cidadão paquistanês Qismata Qul Rasul Khan foi executado no dia 10 de novembro na cidade oriental de Damã após ser condenado de contrabandear heroína e haxixe ao reino.

Segundo o grupo hostil à pena capital, a Arábia Saudita justiçou dúzias de pessoas todos os anos nesta década, com dados anuais que vão de um mínimo de 38 em 2004 a uma alta de 90 em 2005. Até agora, 49 pessoas foram executadas neste ano. Não se sabe quantas haviam infringido a legislação antidrogas.

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