Saudi Arabia, a leading representative of the five-member UN Human Rights Council panel, made headlines in August for beheading more people than the Islamic State.
It has also recently attracted attention for planning to crucify a teenager who was arrested in 2012 for taking part in an anti-government protest.
Ali Mohammed al-Nimr was arrested at the age of seventeen, here's his story and four other activists that have been similarly sentenced...
According to Human Rights Watch, Saudi Arabia continued in 2014 to try, convict, and imprison political dissidents and human rights activists solely on account of their peaceful activities.