After Mohammed bin Salman blames 'bad laws' for harsh rulings, brother of man sentenced to death for social media posts says de facto ruler can 'cancel them'

Hanan Elatr Khashoggi says Israeli tech company used its Pegasus software to infiltrate her phone in months leading up to her husband's murder

Kingdom accused men of killing officer in Riyadh, then setting fire to vehicle with body inside; authorities have executed 52 people since start of year

MBS accused of 'sportswashing' in latest and perhaps most dramatic move by to wield his kingdom’s oil wealth in advancing its economy and influence

The two were detained in May 2015 for belonging to an unidentified group that allegedly smuggles explosives into country

2022 figure for 20 countries known to have executed people shows 53% yearly increase; Saudi Arabia put 'staggering' 81 to death in a single day

Halt comes after Riyadh put 81 people to death over various crimes, in largest known public killing in kingdom's modern history, with over three dozen said to be Shiites

Riydah says convicts were 'found guilty of committing multiple heinous crimes,' included people linked to Islamic State, al-Qaeda, Yemen's Houthi rebels, and other terror groups

Ali al-Nimr's uncle Nimr al-Nimr was put to death in 2016, in mass execution that sparked downturn in ties between Tehran and Riyadh

Amnesty says unclear if Mustafa bin Hashim bin Isa al-Darwish was executed for crimes committed while still a minor despite kingdom ending practice, slams trial as 'deeply flawed'