Four Pakistani men beheaded in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia on Thursday executed four Pakistani men on different charges. Saudi Arabia has executed 20 people since the start of 2018, according to an AFP count.

It is relevant to add here that Saudi Arabia had accused these Pakistani Muslims of raping and murdering a woman and raping her teenage son, the interior ministry said. The men were also convicted of stealing jewellery and cash after entering the woman’s home in Riyadh and raping and strangling her, according to a ministry statement cited by the official SPA news agency.
However, it is clear that these Pakistanis have not been provided access to legal defence. Nor Pakistani authorities came forward to check if the charges framed against these Pakistanis were true or not? Western world that always cried for hangings of terrorists in Pakistan or Iran, also remain silent although none of these Pakistanis were charged with terrorism by Saudi kingdom.
Last year, 141 people were put to death in the kingdom, where executions are carried out by the sword.