Saudi Arabia has set another record for the number of people executed using the death penalty for the second year in a row.
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According to Reprieve, a UK-based organization that tracks executions in Saudi Arabia and helps people on death row, at least 347 people were executed this year, which is more than the 345 executed in 2024.
Reprieve called this year "the most violent year for executions in the kingdom since they started keeping track."
The most recent executions were of two men from Pakistan who were convicted of drug-related crimes.
Other people executed this year included a journalist and two teenagers who were minors when they were accused of participating in protests.
Five of those executed were women.
However, Reprieve noted that about two-thirds of those executed were convicted of non-fatal drug offenses, which the United Nations says goes against international standards.
Over half of the people executed were foreign nationals, and they were reportedly targeted as part of Saudi Arabia's so-called "war on drugs."
Saudi authorities did not reply to the BBC's request for comment on the rise in death sentences.
Jeed Basyouni, who leads Reprieve's work on the death penalty in the Middle East and North Africa, said, "Saudi Arabia is now acting with total impunity.
It makes a mockery of the human rights system."
He also said that torture and forced confessions are "extreme" parts of Saudi Arabia's legal system.