There was a new treaty appearing allowing spying from planes in international airspace, The Chinese position request for the apology was moving in an opposite direction to that of other nations that want increased safety for plane based spying. Here are some links to, and excerpts from, State Department Human Rights reports on some countries. Saudi Arabia provides harshness to its own citizens if they criticize the government. Muslims in Saudi Arabia are punished even more harshly in accordance with the wishes of the 20 persons sitting on the The Council of Senior Religious Scholars, implies the report. The legal system is based on Shari'a.
Most trials are closed.
In Saudi Arabia, convicted sorcerers are beheaded. I doubt that a text of the legal reasoning of the Saudi Court was available. The US judiciary differs in placing more weight on matters of fact and law. This does not show that USA does not follow the Saudi Arabian idea of executing persons alleged by the government to be sorcerers. The case gave the judges some difficulty.