2019 Saudi Arabia mass execution
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On 23 April 2019, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia carried out a mass execution of 37 imprisoned civilians who had been convicted, 21 on the basis of confessions allegedly obtained under coercion and torture,[1][2] for terrorism-related allegations in six provinces in the country.[3][4][5] Fourteen of the people executed had been convicted in relation to their participation in the 2011–12 Saudi Arabian protests in Qatif, mostly on the basis of torture-induced confessions.[2][6] The executions were carried out by beheading,[4][7] and two of the bodies were left on public display.[8][4] According to Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry the convicts were all Saudi nationals.[citation needed] Thirty-two of those executed belonged to the country's Shia minority.[9][4]