The first human rights organization to be established in Saudi Arabia was the National Society of Human Rights, and it was established in 2004.

Saudi Arabia is one of the several countries in the Middle East that still imposes corporal punishment. These sorts of punishments include amputation of arms and legs for robbery, flogging of women for sexual deviance, adultery and drunkenness. Some women have been flogged so badly that their skin on the back is taken off. The flogging can go on for weeks or months. 

Saudi laws such as flogging and amputation have been criticized heavily by the United Nations, and it has branded them as torture. However, the Saudi royal family says that these traditions have been followed in Islam for more than 1,400 years, and it will not tolerate any interference from the outside world.

Capital punishment is another issue with Saudi Arabia’s laws. People are still beheaded in public gathering for certain offences. Murder is not forgiven and they still follow the eye for an eye rule.

Also, a Saudi spokesperson for the Human Rights Commission said in 2008, that the number of executions was rising as the crime was also rising. This proves that beheading has not deterred crime in anyway. However, the Commission has very few rights in such a situation, and it can only try to make a point.

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