The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia posted data this week that shows it carried out at least 356 executions in 2025, the highest number recorded in the modern era, and a significant increase over the record-breaking 338 executions in 2024.
According to Agence France-Presse (AFP), at least 243 of the death sentences carried out in 2025 were for drug-related cases.
Saudi Arabia unofficially halted executions for drug offenses in 2020, in a bid to regain some international goodwill after columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi agents in Istanbul in 2018 but resumed the practice with a vengeance in late 2022.
The Saudis have been executing drug…
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