Saudi Arabia executes man convicted for attending protests as teenager
Saudi Arabia is set to execute Youssef al-Manasif for attending protests and funerals as a teenager, despite a 2020 royal decree abolishing child death penalties. Al-Manasif was arrested in 2017 at age 15 and convicted by a secretive terrorism court; rights groups say he was tortured and met his lawyer only in 2022.
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Published 16 Oct 2026, 05:00 UTC · Updated 16 Oct 2026, 05:31 UTC
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