Deera Square

Deera Square (Arabic: ساحة الديرة), also known as Justice Square (Arabic: ميدان العدل),[1] is a public space in the ad-Dirah neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located adjacent to the al-Hukm Palace compound and Imam Turki bin Abdullah Grand Mosque in the Qasr al-Hukm District. It is a former site of public executions,[2] where those sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia were publicly beheaded.[3]

Deera Square
ساحة الديرة
Deera Square, 2011
Locationad-Dirah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Coordinates24.630884°N 46.711838°E / 24.630884; 46.711838
Other
Known forPublic executions

At unannounced times, Saudi security forces and other officials cleared the area to make way for the execution to take place. After the beheading of the condemned, the head is stitched to the body, which is wrapped up and taken away for the final rites. It is a crime to record, with photos or videos, the executions, despite the number of attendees witnessing such public events.[4]

  • The square in 2007
    The square in 2007
  • Deera Square, 1943
    Deera Square, 1943

See also

References
  1. "Justice In Saudi Arabia". 11 December 2002. Archived from the original on 7 March 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2006.
  2. al-Omar, Asmaa; Hubbard, Ben (2021-08-13). "For a Crime at 14, He Faces Death in a Case Casting Doubt on Saudi Reforms". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-19. A former site of public executions in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's capital.
  3. "Saudi Justice?". CBS News. 5 December 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  4. Drennan, Justine. "Saudi Arabia's Beheadings Are Public, but It Doesn't Want Them Publicized". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
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