Saudi should stop 'bloody execution, Amnesty

Amnesty International, urged Saudi Arabia to abandon what it termed a "bloody execution spree", after reports that 14 more men are set to be executed.

The kingdom already beheaded at least 66 people this year, the rights group said, as it decried the Saudi Arabian supreme court's decision to uphold death sentences against the group convicted of crimes related to their involvement in protests.

Amnesty also said it learned on Sunday that the Specialised Criminal Court (SCC) in Riyadh upheld the death sentences for 15 other men accused of spying for Iran.

In June 2016, the SCC sentenced to death the 14 men charged with crimes relating to protesting in what Amnesty says was a "grossly unfair mass trial".

They were convicted of a wide array of crimes that include bomb making, theft, robbery, participation in riots and shooting at security vehicles, among others.

UCJ, UNILORIN.