United Kingdom
2026
STATUSAbolitionist
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
- GOVERNMENT
- constitutional monarchy
- CONSTITUTION
- unwritten, partly common law, partly customs and statutes
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on common law traditions with some influences from the modern Roman and continental system, acts of Parliament are not reviewed by the judiciary
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, House of Commons and House of Lords
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- House of Lords (is the highest court of appeal) some Lords are appointed for life by the Queen
RELIGIONS
Christians 59.5%, Muslims 4.4%, Hindu 1.3%, others 2%, unspecified 7.2%, none 25.7%
From the country
FEBRUARY 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - British Nationals Craig and Lindsay Foreman Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison
- NOVEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - British Prisoners Craig and Lindsay Foreman Go on Hunger Strike
- OCTOBER 22, 2025IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA TO REPATRIATE TWO BRITISH NATIONALS, INCLUDING A GRANDMOTHER ON DEATH ROW
Indonesia signed an agreement on October 21, 2025 to repatriate two British nationals, including a seriously ill grandmother who had been on death row for more than a decade on drug charges, a minister said.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Update on the condition of the Foremans
British nationals arrested while crossing Iran on motorbikes
- FEBRUARY 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Craig and Lindsay Foreman charged with espionage
British couple
- FEBRUARY 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - British couple arrested in Iran identified
Craig and Lindsay Foreman
- FEBRUARY 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Two British citizens, a man and a woman, arrested on vague charges.
Yet another episode of ‘hostage taking’ by the Iranian regime.
- MAY 20, 2024United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
May 20, 2024 . United Kingdom. Assange wins right to challenge US extradition
APRIL 16, 2024AustraliaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Binding Assurances that Julian Assange Will Not Face the Death Penalty
- MARCH 26, 2024United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM - Assange can’t be extradited until US rules out death penalty
FEBRUARY 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - UK sanctions Iranian judges, commanders and regional governors
- FEBRUARY 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Terror Threats Force Persian TV Channel