Saudi Arabia advertises for eight new executioners as beheading rate soars

The Guardian ^ | May 18, 2015

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Jobs classified as ‘religious functionaries’ at lower end of civil service scale 85 reported executed so far this year, rivalling total for whole of 2014

Saudi Arabia is advertising for eight new executioners, recruiting extra staff to carry out an increasing number of death sentences, usually done by public beheading.

No special qualifications are needed for the jobs whose main role is “executing a judgment of death” but also involve performing amputations on those convicted of lesser offences, the advert, posted on the civil service jobs portal, said.

Executions and death sentence statistics worldwide: interactive

The Islamic kingdom is in the top five countries in the world for putting people to death, rights groups say. It ranked third in 2014, after China and Iran, and ahead of Iraq and the United States, according to Amnesty International figures.

[ken5050]

She's superb! Many thanks.....

At the 2004 "Last Night of the Proms" they updated "I've got a little list." Some of the references are esoteric, and uniquely Brit..but it's all in good fun. Enjoy!

[ken5050]

So I'm sitting here, listening to The Mikado...and I'm thinking of Hillary as Katisha:

"People come form miles around to see my right cankle"

[Dagnabitt]

The KSA is a horrible place that seems to attract the worst of Western politicians.

(Queue photos of Hussein Obama deep bowing to the Saudi "royals", or of Jeb Bush's idiot brother swapping spit with them)

[BenLurkin]

Hillary as Katisha

Yup!

[JoeProBono]