Arabia executed two men on charges of "assassination".
Saudi Arabia executed two men accused of "assassination" crimes on Saturday.
A human rights group said one of those people was still a minor when the alleged crime took place.
According to a statement by the Saudi Ministry of Interior, Fazal Safwani and Javad Kariris were found guilty of a series of crimes, including shooting at security forces and being members of a foreign "assassin" organization.
The two men, who were both Saudi citizens, were executed in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia after his appeal was rejected by the country's Supreme Court.
The London-based human rights organization Rafrio announced that Javad Kariris was arrested in December 2020 on charges of participating in a protest and organizing activities on social networks.
This organization announced that he was only 14 years old when the interceptions took place. This human rights organization also claimed that Javad Koriris was tortured and forced to make a false confession in order to confess to a crime he did not commit.
According to this organization, since August 2025, Saudi Arabia has executed five people who were still children when they committed the alleged crimes.
According to Amnesty International's report, Saudi Arabia was the third country in the world in terms of the number of executions between 2022 and 2025, after China and Iran.