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RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has executed a Jordanian man who activists say was tortured before he signed a document confessing to smuggling narcotics.
Saudi Arabia is routinely criticised by human rights groups for its use of capital punishment, which has been on the rise lately with 11 executions in the past two weeks. Abo al-Kheir’s death came exactly one year after authorities executed 81 people in a single day for terrorism-related offences, an event that sparked an international outcry.
Both Zeinab and Britain-based rights group Reprieve say Hussein endured 12 days of torture before he signed a document confessing to smuggling narcotics.AFP could not independently verify those claims and Saudi authorities have not responded to a request for comment. “He is very terrified and very sad, as he is sure that he has been wronged,” Zeinab said at the time.
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