According to the rights group, the kingdom executed at least 40 people between January and July 2021 - more than during the whole of last year.
Amnesty said executions had resumed immediately after Saudi Arabia handed over the presidency of the Group of 20 rich nations to Italy, with nine people executed in December 2020 alone. According to the rights group, executions took place following convictions in "grossly unfair trials, marred by claims of torture during pre-trial detention leading to forced 'confessions' which the prosecution systematically failed to investigate."
The government's media office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Amnesty's report.
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