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Saudi Arabia, the largest country on the Arabian Peninsula at the western side of Asia, has many recurring conflicts dealing with human rights issues. Human rights in Saudi Arabia are based on Sharia religious laws under rule of the Saudi royal family. Many freedoms as described in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights do not exist in Saudi Arabia. It is commonly known that capital punishment and other penalties are often given to suspected criminals without due process. Unlike the law in the U.S, suspected criminals in Saudi are guilty until proven guilty. Saudi Arabia is one of a number of countries where courts continue to impose corporal punishment, including amputations of hands and feet for robbery, and lashings for lesser crimes such as "sexual deviance" and drunkenness. The number of lashes is not clearly prescribed by law and is varied according to the discretion of judges, and ranges from dozens of lashes to several thousand, usually applied over a period of weeks......

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