Saudi Arabia: Capital Punishment

(asked on 16th September 2025) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions her officials have had with their Saudi counterparts on (a) the execution of Jalal Labbad for offences allegedly committed whilst a minor and (b) other juvenile defendants on death row.


Answered by
Hamish Falconer Portrait
Hamish Falconer
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 14th October 2025

The Government continues to monitor individual cases of concern in Saudi Arabia, including the cases of Waleed Abu Al-Khair and Mohammed Al-Bejadi. We regularly raise human rights with the Saudi authorities, including at ministerial level.

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