And one reaffirmed loyalty to King Salman and his son, Mohammed bin Salman, in hopes of getting leniency from the court, trial documents show. The youngest of the executed men was Abdulkareem al-Hawaj, according to Amnesty International. “Those aren’t my words,” said one of the accused, Munir al-Adam, during the trial, according to the documents. This is defamation written by the interrogator with his own hand.”The 27-year-old, who was partially blind and deaf, was named as one of the men executed on Tuesday. One of the executed men admitted to having sex with four of the other men on trial, according to a confession presented to the court.

Source: Egypt Independent April 30, 2019 09:22 UTC