Saudi arrested as juvenile could face execution despite reforms, warns HRW ...Kuwait

"In sentencing a child to die while ignoring torture allegations, the Saudi court made a mockery of the country’s alleged 'reforms'," said HRW. A young Saudi man convicted for crimes he reportedly committed as a minor faces execution, despite Saudi Arabia saying it has scrapped the death penalty for juveniles, Human Rights Watch warned in a statement on Wednesday. Abdullah al-Huwaiti was convicted in October 2019 at age 17, on murder and armed robbery charges along with five other defendants, the statement said. He was arrested when he was 14 for crimes allegedly committed in 2017. The other defendants received 15-year prison sentences and 1,000 lashes each. All six pleaded not guilty, te

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