HUMAN Rights Watch and Amnesty International have urged Saudi authorities not to go ahead with scheduled executions of seven young men condemned for crimes they committed when they were minors.
The two rights groups said in separate statements that the men were convicted of armed robbery, a crime punishable by death in the kingdom which applies a strict interpretation of Islamic sharia law.
"All seven men were between 16 and 20 when authorities arrested them in 2006 for allegedly committing a robbery in 2005," Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.
"There is strong evidence suggesting that the trials of all seven men violated basic principles of the right to a fair trial."
HRW's Deputy Middle East Director, Eric Goldstein, said in a statement that "it will be outrageous if the Saudi authorities go ahead with these executions" planned for Tuesday.
He said: "It is high time for the Saudis to stop executing child offenders and start observing their obligations under international human rights law."
Amnesty International said the seven men were "tortured to make them confess" and sentenced to death following a "summary trial that was grossly unfair".
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