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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
James C. Reynolds and Bel Trew

FOUND: Saudi arabia executes man for crime committed when he was 14 - What They Never Told You

Saudi Arabia has executed a man for crimes he was alleged to have committed when he was just 14 years old, despite having formally ended the death penalty for crimes committed by minors in 2020.

Hassan Zaki al-Faraj, 29, was executed without notice on 17 October for taking part in protests over the kingdom’s treatment of its Shia majority when he was just a child.

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