Saudi Arabia's top court has upheld the death sentences of 14 men convicted of armed attacks, all of them from the Sunni-ruled kingdom's Shi'ite Muslim minority, a local newspaper reported on Thursday.

There are urgent concerns that 14 Saudi Arabian men accused of protest-related offences are facing imminent execution, Reprieve reported on its website.

Three Bahraini human rights organizations strongly condemned the Saudi Arabia’s execution of 4 activists Amjad Al-Muaibed, Yousef Al-Mushaikhes, Zaher Al-Basri and Mahdi Al-Sayegh from Qatif.

The Fourth High Criminal Court today issued on Monday (June 19, 2017) death penalty sentence against the first suspect, life imprisonment against the second one and 3-year jail term against 7 others over Al-Ekr blast that claimed the life of Fakhriya Msallam. The court also revoked the citizenships of the two first suspects.

Saudi Arabia should immediately quash the death sentences of 14 members of the Shia community for protest-related crimes, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said.

The Fourth High Criminal Court ruled the death sentence of two defendants accused of killing a police officer in Karbabad.

Amnesty International called on its followers to "express grave concern that Maher Abbas Ahmad's death sentence was upheld and to urge the King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, to immediately commute the death sentence imposed on Maher Abbas Ahmad and establish an official moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty."

Luxembourg condemned the Bahraini authorities’ execution of 3 dissident early this year, demanding it to immediately stop the execution of death penalties. Luxembourg noted that Bahrain still faces many challenges.

France expressed concern over resorting to implement the death penalty in Bahrain, calling on it to immediately and unconditionally abolish this penalty.

Chile expressed its deep concern over complaints of torture in the criminal investigations building and detentions centers in Bahrain, which reportedly take place during investigations.

Bulgaria said that Bahrain registered a decline in its human rights record after its execution of death penalties early this year.

Belgium demanded the government of Bahrain to stop arbitrary citizenship revocations against citizens, and demanding it fully implements the recommendations of the (BICI) – Bassiouni report.

Australia expressed grave concern from Bahrain’s execution of death penalties, demanding it to revoke this penalty, and implement the recommendations of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) – Bassiouni report.

Austria demanded Bahrain to immediately halt death penalties and allow the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture to visit the country.

The UK criticized Bahrain adopting policies of death penalties and citizenship revocations.

Angola and Argentina recommended Bahrain to immediately cancel all death penalties against citizens.

The Kingdom of Spain demanded Bahrain to develop a national machinery to combat torture and completely cancel death penalty.

Portugal called on the Bahraini government to abolish all the death penalties issued against citizens and lift travel bans imposed on human rights activists.

Norway recommended the government of Bahrain to cancel all death penalties, especially those issued based on 2011 events.

A new report issued by Amnesty International said that executions in the world fell and that a lower number of states is issuing execution sentences, however, the number of people executed in the world increased in comparison to the previous years.