CITATION — REFERENCE ENTRY
Saudi Arabia: Specialized Criminal Court a political tool to muzzle critical voices — Amnesty International
- Key
- amnesty-2020-scc-political-tool
- Authors
- Amnesty International
- Issued
- 2020-2-6
- Type
- webpage
- Container
- Amnesty International
Raw CSL JSON
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"URL": "https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/02/saudi-arabia-specialized-criminal-court-a-political-tool-to-muzzle-critical-voices/",
"type": "webpage",
"title": "Saudi Arabia: Specialized Criminal Court a political tool to muzzle critical voices",
"author": [
{
"literal": "Amnesty International"
}
],
"issued": {
"date-parts": [
[
2020,
2,
6
]
]
},
"accessed": {
"date-parts": [
[
2026,
9,
25
]
]
},
"container-title": "Amnesty International"
}
Claims
-
Amnesty International documented 95 people tried before the SCC between 2011 and 2019, of whom about 52 were serving sentences of 5 to 30 years; at least 20 Shi'a men tried by the SCC had been sentenced to death on the basis of alleged torture-tainted confessions, 17 of whom had been executed.
"Amnesty International's report documents the cases of 95 individuals, mostly men, who were tried, sentenced or remain on trial before the SCC between 2011 and 2019. ... Some 52 are now serving lengthy prison sentences of between five and 30 years. ... At least 20 Shi'a men tried by the SCC have been sentenced to death on the basis of such 'confessions,' with 17 of them already executed."
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