In Saudi Arabia, a man was executed for a crime committed as a teenager

25.10.2026, 13:57◉ 02 min readEditorial team “SHCHO STALOSIA”

In Saudi Arabia, a man was executed for crimes he allegedly committed at the age of 14. The execution took place despite the country's statement to abolish this practice six years ago. — Ukrinform.

In Saudi Arabia, a man was executed for a crime committed as a teenager

This was reported by The Independent, Ukrinform reports.

The execution of 29-year-old Hassan Zaki al-Faraj took place without warning on October 17 for participating in protests against the oppression of the Shiite majority when he was still a child.

He was executed along with four other men from the Eastern Province convicted in the same case. Human rights groups warn that the execution of the death penalty awaits a number of people convicted of acts committed as minors.

According to the MENA Rights Group, Farage was tortured while in detention, held in solitary confinement for a long time, and deprived of the opportunity to communicate with the outside world.

“Saudi Arabia's claims to abolish the death penalty for crimes committed as a child have always been lies, but now they have stopped hiding it altogether,” said Jid Basyuni, head of death penalty projects at the organization Reprieve, based in London.

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The execution took place despite the fact that the Saudi regime, which has spent billions of dollars in recent years to improve its international image in the field of human rights, in 2020 abolished the death penalty for crimes committed minors.

За даними правозахисників, найближчим часом страта загрожує 30-річному Юсефу аль-Манасіфу за участь у протестах проти утисків мусульман-шиїтів, коли йому було 15 років. Його затримали у 2017 році та звинуватили в низці злочинів, зокрема в участі у масових заворушеннях, що підривають єдність і стабільність королівства, приєднанні до терористичної мережі, фінансуванні тероризму, збуті психотропних речовин співробітникам служб безпеки та підбурюванні до заколоту.