Three Yemenis beheaded in Jazan for hashish smuggling
Saudi Arabia beheaded three Yemeni nationals, Eisa Ali Ahmed Hajri, Mohammed Ali Saifi and Majid Gasim al-Ahdal, in Jazan on 13 May 2015 after convicting them of attempting to smuggle hashish into the kingdom.
Saudi Arabia beheaded three Yemeni citizens on Wednesday 13 May 2015 after convicting them of attempting to smuggle hashish into the kingdom.[1][2]The Interior Ministry named the men as Eisa Ali Ahmed Hajri, Mohammed Ali Saifi and Majid Gasim al-Ahdal and said they were put to death in the south-western city of Jazan, near the Yemeni border.[1][2]
The ministry announced the executions through the official Saudi Press Agency.[2]The beheadings brought the number of people put to death in the kingdom since the start of the year to 83, compared with 87 in all of 2014, according to press counts.[2]The ministry has cited deterrence as its reason for using the death penalty despite criticism from human-rights watchdogs.[2]Drug trafficking carries the death penalty under the country’s strict interpretation of Islamic law.[1]
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The quantity of hashish the three men were accused of smuggling was not published.
The two sources transliterate the names differently; this report uses the Agence France-Presse spellings Eisa Ali Ahmed Hajri, Mohammed Ali Saifi and Majid Gasim al-Ahdal.
The execution tally differs between the sources: Hands Off Cain counts 83 executions so far in 2015 against 87 in all of 2014, while the other account puts 2015 at 76 against 83 in 2014.
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