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Some people seem to prefer removing other person's heads



Saudi Arabia advertises for eight new executioners as beheading rate soars

• Jobs classified as ‘religious functionaries’ at lower end of civil service scale
• 85 reported executed so far this year, rivalling total for whole of 2014

A Saudi Arabian executioner shows off his sword. Executioners are also required to perform amputations on those convicted of lesser offences. Photograph: Magazine/Rex_Shutterstock
Reuters in Riyadh

Monday 18 May 2015 12.00 EDT Last modified on Monday 18 May 2015 19.03 EDT

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Saudi Arabia is advertising for eight new executioners, recruiting extra staff to carry out an increasing number of death sentences, usually done by public beheading.

No special qualifications are needed for the jobs whose main role is “executing a judgment of death” but also involve performing amputations on those convicted of lesser offences, the advert, posted on the civil service jobs portal, said.

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The Islamic kingdom is in the top five countries in the world for putting people to death, rights groups say. It ranked third in 2014, after China and Iran, and ahead of Iraq and the United States, according to Amnesty International figures.

A man beheaded on Sunday was the 85th person this year whose execution was recorded by the official Saudi Press Agency, compared to 88 in the whole of 2014, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). Amnesty said there were at least 90 executions last year.

Most were executed for murder, but 38 had committed drugs offences, HRW said. About half were Saudi and the others were from Pakistan, Yemen, Syria, Jordan, India, Indonesia, Burma, Chad, Eritrea the Philippines and Sudan.

Saudi authorities have not said why the number of executions has increased so rapidly, but diplomats have speculated it may be because more judges have been appointed, allowing a backlog of appeal cases to be heard.

Political analysts say it might also reflect a tough response by the judiciary to regional turbulence.

A downloadable pdf application form for the executioner jobs, available on the website carrying Monday’s date, said the jobs were classified as “religious functionaries” and that they would be at the lower end of the civil service pay scale.

 

[bobm]

So ... why aren't these "rights groups" not so outraged by the isis beheading hundreds if not thousands by their own " religious functionaries " ?

 

[TheSeedObsesser]

Tell me if the link works. It kind of connects to the general subject of this thread.

 

[valley ranch]

Japan is if you look at the map very close to Indonesia where there is the largest Islamic army in the world, has been threatened and bullied by them~ and now China is doing the same with regard to islands of the coast of Japan.

I think it's time Japan had their own national defence and that America no longer foots the bill for their protection. If they decide to commit to help or aid other countries even military aid they should be allowed to, WWII is over in that respect. We help write their constitution, if they want to change it, it's time.

 

[valley ranch]

Bob M, Rights groups, re: your reference, their focus is: What rights are and who should have them.
If there is no money or political power in supporting a person or a people they won't clock in.


I can see the video, don't see any link.

 

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