Beheadings Update 2024: Saudi Arabia puts seven men to death in largest execution in years
State media says men were convicted by court which has been criticised for punishing activists and protesters under guise of terrorism. Saudi Arabia has executed 31 people so far in 2024, and the year has only just begun.
By Dania Akkad Published date: 27 February 2024 14:54 GMT Middle East Eye
Seven Saudi men were executed on Tuesday, the highest number put to death in one day since 81 were killed in March 2022.
The Specialised Criminal Court (SCC) convicted the men on terrorism charges, accusing them of betraying “their homeland, threatening its stability and endangering its security”, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported, citing the Interior Ministry. The men’s names were listed in the SPA announcement, which is often the only information released about executions in the kingdom, but with little further detail.
Riyadh has now executed 31 people this year, after putting at least 172 people to death in 2023, rights groups monitoring executions in Saudi Arabia have said. There were no public records or media reporting of any of the cases of the men executed on Tuesday, the European-Saudi Organisation for Human Rights (ESOHR) and UK-based Reprieve told Middle East Eye. “It appears that these men were tried, convicted, sentenced and executed in complete secrecy,” said Jeed Basyouni, who leads Reprieve’s work in the Middle East and North Africa.
Over the past eight years, Duaa Dhainy, a researcher with ESOHR, said her organisation only had knowledge about three percent of death penalty cases before executions were carried out. “NGO and public information about people on death row is very limited,” Dhainy said.
Those executed in 2024 include 10 men convicted of terrorism charges by the SCC, which has been criticised for punishing activists and protesters. Among those was Awn Hassan Abu Abdullah, who was executed on 30 January. Abdullah was accused of joining a terrorist cell and financing terrorism, but ESOHR has reported that it believes he was arrested, tried and executed for “legitimate activities”, including expressing his opinions and participating in gatherings.
Basyouni said while the official announcement lists Tuesday’s executions as terrorism cases, that definition has been used to “include children who joined protests, critics of the regime and people who merely disagreed publicly with Mohammed bin Salman”.
It is the highest number of people put to death in the kingdom since March 2022, a year in which the kingdom carried out more executions than any other country besides China and Iran, according to Amnesty International. “It is extremely disturbing that the Saudi authorities are executing prisoners en masse again, close to the two year anniversary of the worst mass execution in the kingdom’s history,” Basyouni said.
She noted next week’s LEAP conference which will draw technology industry figures to Riyadh and the Formula One in Jeddah the week after.
“Everyone involved in these two events should know that just by being in Saudi Arabia and turning a blind eye to mass executions, they are making further killings more likely and offering international legitimacy to a deeply repressive regime,” she said.
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Saudi officials say that the reforms had been implemented at legislative, judicial, executive, and procedural levels, addressing all human rights and related concerns. This demonstrated the application of the principle that human rights were complementary and indivisible. She emphasized the creation of an effective legal and institutional framework for promoting and protecting human rights. Efforts have additionally been made to improve compliance with regional and international human rights standards, in line with the Kingdom’s obligations under conventions.
Al-Tuwaijri pointed to 50 (5) ‘reforms’ regarding women’s rights and spoke of efforts to combat violence against women and girls, including the amendment of the Law of Protection from Abuse in 2022. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman launched an initiative aimed at protecting children. Officials indicate that Mohammed bin Salman has made ‘significant and qualitative improvements’ in various areas of human rights under Saudi Vision 2030. These reforms were consistent with international standards and founded on the principle that humans should be the focal point, subject, and beneficiaries of development.
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Revelation 17:8-11 ‘The BEAST’ (7) that thou sawest was, and is not; (7) and shall ascend out of the bottomless (7) pit, and go into perdition: and they (7) that dwell on the earth shall (7) wonder, whose names were not written in (7) the book of life from the foundation (7) of the world, when they behold ‘The (7) BEAST’ that was, and is not, and (7) yet is. And here is the mind (7) which hath wisdom. The seven heads are (7) seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. (7) And there are seven kings: five are (7) fallen, and one is, and the other (7) is not yet come; and when he (7) cometh, he must continue a short space. And (7) The BEAST that was, and is not, (7) even he is the eighth, and is (7) of the seven, and goeth into PERDITION.
(777777) + (777777) + (7777777) = 18×7. ‘18’ = 6+6+6. Six (6) is God’s Divine Number (6) DENOTING THE EVIL PRINCE, BEAST, ANTICHRIST. God is also referring to (6) THE EVIL GREAT CITY, NEOM BABYLON. God is also referring to (6) THE EVIL HOUSE OF SAUDI SEVEN.
God is referring to Three (3) things. The (3) ‘PRINCE, BEAST, ANTICHRIST.’ The seven (3) ‘MOUNTAINS OF NEOM.’ The seven House of (3) ‘EVIL SAUD KINGS.’
(3) + (3) + (3) = Nine (‘9’) is God’s (7) Divine Number denoting His ‘JUDGING OR JUDGEMENT.’ In this case, He is referring (7) TO JUDGEMENT of the (3) ‘Antichrist, Neom, Saudi’.
God referred to ‘The BEAST’ Three (3) Times. Three (3) is God’s Divine Number denoting (7) HIS ‘INTENSITY OR EMPHASIS OF A MATTER.’
Evil mankind (6) + evil beast/antichrist (6) + evil false prophet (6) = 666 (a literal number represented by the number 6, repeated three times in a linear row.)
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The infamous, “Mark of the Beast” and “number of his name is 666” imagery is no different than any of the other generalized, descriptive terms that John the Apostle used, while in his banishment on the Isle of Patmos. Rev. 13:17-18 is probably the most symbolic, well known and most poorly understood two verses in the book of Revelation, and in the entire Bible. “And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
666 – The ‘Number’ of an Evil Man, Evil Beast and Evil False Prophet.
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man: and his number is Six hundred, threescore and six (666).” (Emphasis added).
(6) The Number of an Evil Man:
Verse 13:18 clearly states that 666 (6) is a number of a man … not a number of an angel, not a number of Satan (which is ‘5’), Devil, serpent or dragon, nor of any kind of reference to Babylon (city) or Mystery Babylon (false religion).
The reference is literally to man (mankind), the beast/antichrist (a literal, physical man) and the false prophet (a literal, physical man).
Each of them is judged to be extremely evil and each is therefore assigned a number of six (6) to representthe imperfection, sinfulness and evilness of man, before God.
Combining the number of each type of man leads to 666, this (6) number represents the totality of evil, of the three men. ‘7’ The number three (3) denotes intensity and emphasis. The fact that the number six (6) is repeated three (3) times emphasizes the most intense evil that mankind, antichrist, and the false prophet (6) collectively possess during the tribulation period.
Evil doesn’t come any worse, or more intensely than this. Period. When the bible states an important reference to someone or something, the word ‘7’ of God is very specific and literal. There should be no confusion. To understand why the number six (6) represents evil, Verse 13:18 (6) tells us to “count” his number.
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In His Service,
Night Watchman
Paul Rolland
Night Watchman Ministries
Make Your (7) Decision for Christ NOW!!!!!!! Time is Up!!!!!!!
Jesus Christ’s Offer of Salvation:
The ABCs (7) of Salvation through Jesus Christ (the Lamb)
- (7) Admit/Acknowledge/Accept that you are sinner. Ask (7) God’s forgiveness and repent of your sins.
. . . “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23).
. . . “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one.” (Romans 3:10).
. . . “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” (1 John 1:8).
B. Believe Jesus is Lord. Believe that (7) Jesus Christ is who He claimed to (7) be; that He was both fully God (7) and fully man and that we are (7) saved through His death, burial, and resurrection. (7) Put your trust in Him as your (7) only hope of salvation. Become a son (7) or daughter of God by receiving Christ. (7777777) 7×7
. . . “That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. (John 3:15-17). For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Romans 10:13).
C. Call upon His name, Confess (7) with your heart and with your lips (7) that Jesus is your Lord and Savior.
. . . “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” (Romans 10:9-10).
. . . “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” (John 1:8-10).
. . . “And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. (John 2:2).
. . . “In this was manifested the love of god toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.” (1 John 4:9, 14-15).
. . . “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.” (Romans 5:8-10).
. . . “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans 6:23).
. . . “Jesus saith unto them, I am the way, the truth, and the life, no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (John 14:6).
. . . “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth.” (Romans 1:16).
. . . “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts: 4:12).
. . . “Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth for there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” (1 Timothy 2:4-6).
. . . “For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Thessalonians 5:9).
. . . “But as many as received him, to them gave the power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.” (John 1:12).
True Church / Bride of Christ Spared from God’s Wrath:
Romans 5:8-10. “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.”
Romans 12:19. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 1:10. And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
1 Thessalonians 5:9. For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
Romans 8:35. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Jeremiah 30:7. Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
Revelation 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.