A leading rights group has called on the US and UK governments to stop Saudi Arabia from executing 14 people who face death based on evidence gathered under torture.
Reprieve, which is based in London, said all 14 people were sentenced by the controversial Specialized Criminal Court, which used confessions extracted through torture as the basis for convictions.
Among those facing imminent execution are Munir al-Adam, who is half-deaf and partially-blind, and Mujtaba’a al-Sweikat, who was only 17 when he was sentenced to death, Reprieve said.
The rights group urged US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Theresa May to warn the new Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman about halting the executions.
‘This is an extremely worrying move from the increasingly brutal regime in Saudi Arabia. To execute a disabled man and a juvenile protestor would be an appalling breach of international law and world leaders cannot stand silently by and let this…