Two youths beheaded, tortured by Riyadh were just teenagers Two youths beheaded, tortured by Riyadh were just teenagers "Two out of the 37 Saudi citizens executed by the state on Tuesday were teenagers when they were convicted for their support for democratic reforms in the kingdom, it has emerged." Abdulkareem al-Hawaj was just 16 when he was sentenced to death for his political views in 2012. At the time, he was given no access to a lawyer and was held in solitary confinement for five months. Activists say he was also beaten and authorities threatened to kill his family during interrogations. He then signed a “confession”, which many believe he did so after torture – making it the document the only premise for his conviction. "Mutjaba al-Sweikat, also executed on Tuesday, was arrested at around the same time at the age of 17. He was detained at the airport in Dammam on his way to Western Michigan University on the grounds of him allegedly attending a pro-democracy protest in the midst of the the Arab Spring wave of uprisings in 2012." Condemnation by POTUS?