Court decision to order a Saudi crucifixion after beheading is sign of horrid state of rights | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

International pressure is mounting on Saudi Arabia to stay the execution of young Shi’ite Ali Mohammed al-Nimr, accused of taking part in anti-government protests. He has been sentenced to be beheaded, and then crucified, although he was a minor at the time of his alleged crimes. “Well, this is a very politically-motivated case and we can…

Ali Mohammed al-Nimr’s crucifixion is imminent. Rights groups and UN experts are demanding Saudi Arabia immediately halt the execution of the pro-democracy protester, who was arrested when he was a child. “It’s a rare sentence. This is not something they do every day,” said Catherine Higham, a researcher at Reprieve, a U.K.-based human rights group, about…