Saudi Arabia on Tuesday executed a convicted Pakistani heroin smuggler. The ministry of interior said Khan Iqbal was put to death in the holy city of Makkah for smuggling a large amount of heroin in his intestines.
Over the last few weeks, however, there has been a marked drop in executions, all of which are reported by the official Saudi Press Agency.
Rights experts have raised concerns about the fairness of trials in the kingdom and say the death penalty should not be applied in drug cases.
Last month the European Union issued a statement saying a number of people had been put to death recently in Saudi Arabia after convictions for drug trafficking.
“The European Union is opposed to capital punishment in all cases and without exception,” it said.
