A group of British lawmakers has lambasted Formula 1 organizers over 'sportswashing' human rights violations in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

The rate of executions in Saudi Arabia since King Salman and his son Mohammed bin Salman came to power in 2015 has almost doubled annually, according to a new report, highlighting flagrant human rights violations in the Arab country.

The article delves into the various aspects of January 7 executions of Mohammad Mahdi Karami and Mohammad Hosseini linked to recent foreign-backed riots in the country.

The United Nations human rights office has censured Saudi Arabia over the ultraconservative kingdom’s near daily executions in recent weeks and termination of a 21-month moratorium on implementing the death penalty for drug-related offenses.

An international human rights organization says executions in Saudi Arabia could hit record high this year as the number skyrocketed to 120 in the first half of the current year.

British Health Secretary Sajid Javid has defended Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to travel to Saudi Arabia to lobby for action to keep oil prices in control amid a spiraling crisis in the global energy market.

As many as 81 prisoners executed in a single day. That is what Saudi Arabia has done, in what it said were terror-related offenses.