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Deera Square ( ar, ساحة الديرة) is a
public space in
Deera,
Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia. It is also known as Justice Square, and derisively as Chop Chop Square by Western visitors. It is a former site of public executions, where those Capital punishment in Saudi Arabia, sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia were publicly Decapitation, beheaded.
At unannounced times, General Directorate of Public Security, 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.
Gallery
File:Dira Square.JPG, The square in 2007
File:OldRiyadh 1943.jpg, Deera Square, 1943
See also
* Capital punishment in Saudi Arabia
References
External links
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{{Riyadh
Buildings and structures in Riyadh
Geography of Riyadh
Capital punishment in Saudi Arabia
Execution sites
Squares in Asia