Bahrain
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Retentionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · The offenses for which capital punishment either can...
- News items in the archive
- 131
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Bahrain is classified as Retentionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 131 news items on Bahrain, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2014BahrainDEATH PENALTY
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must
- AUGUST 1, 2013BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN INCREASES PUNISHMENT FOR TERROR ACTS TO DEATH PENALTY
Bahrain's King Hamad has decreed stiffer penalties for "terror acts" in the country rocked
JANUARY 23, 2013BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN: APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS SENTENCES OVER POLICE MURDER
A Bahraini appeals court upheld a death sentence and a life-term respectively passed
- JANUARY 1, 2013BahrainDEATH PENALTY
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must
- DECEMBER 26, 2012BahrainDEATH PENALTY
a Bahraini appeals court overturned death and prison sentences...
a Bahraini appeals court overturned death and prison sentences...
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2012BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN AGREES TO VAST MAJORITY OF UN RIGHTS RECOMMENDATIONS, REJECTS DEATH PENALTY OVERHAUL
Bahrain’s foreign minister says the government has agreed to ease its treatment of political activists
- MARCH 13, 2012BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A Bahraini was sentenced to death for killing his wife in a brutal attack in the couple's home, in
JANUARY 9, 2012BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN: CASSATION COURT OVERTURNS DEATH TERMS OF TWO SHIITES
Bahrain's cassation court annulled the death sentences of two Shiites and the life imprisonment
- JANUARY 1, 2012BahrainDEATH PENALTY
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are
- NOVEMBER 28, 2011BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN POSTPONES PROTESTERS' DEATH PENALTY APPEAL
a civilian court in Bahrain postponed a highly anticipated ruling on the appeal of two protesters sentenced to death by a security court during a wave of anti-government protests earlier this year.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2011BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR PROTESTER
Bahrain's special security court sentenced a protester to death for killing a policeman
- MAY 30, 2011BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN: CIVIL CASSATION COURT RECEIVES CASE FILE OF THE DEATH PENALTY VERDICTS
the General Secretary of Bahrain's Supreme Council of Judiciary Affairs announced that the Court of Cassation’s Technical Office received the case of the murder of two policemen to the civil General Prosecution.
- MAY 18, 2011BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN COURT ADJOURNS SHIITE DEATH SENTENCE APPEAL
a special security court in Bahrain postponed the appeal hearing of four Shiites sentenced to death for killing two policemen.
- MAY 15, 2011BahrainDEATH PENALTY
APPEAL HEARING DELAYED IN BAHRAIN
a Bahraini court temporarily delayed an appeals hearing for Ali Abdullah Hassan Al Singees, Qassim Hassan Mattar Ahmad, Saeed Abdul Jalil Saeed and Abdul Aziz Abdul Rida Ebrahim Hussain.
- MAY 5, 2011BahrainDEATH PENALTY
UN CRITICISES BAHRAIN'S DEATH SENTENCES, TRIAL OF DOCTORS
the UN high commissioner for human rights decried Bahrain's imposition of death sentences on anti- government protesters.
- MAY 2, 2011BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN: SET ASIDE MARTIAL LAW DEATH SENTENCES
Bahraini authorities should set aside a military court ruling on April 28, 2011...
- APRIL 28, 2011BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN: FOUR PROTESTERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Bahraini military court sentenced four men to death for killing two police officers during
- JANUARY 1, 2011BahrainDEATH PENALTY
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are
- JULY 8, 2010BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN: BANGLADESHI NATIONAL EXECUTED
Jassim Abdulmanan, a Bangladeshi national sentenced to death in Bahrain for murder, was executed, The Gulf Daily News reported.
MARCH 23, 2010BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
male prostitute Russell Mezan, 26, from Bangladesh, was sentenced to death by the
- JANUARY 1, 2010BahrainDEATH PENALTY
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are
- DECEMBER 9, 2009BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN: KING SHOULD HALT EXECUTION
Bahrain's king, Shaikh Hamad Bin Isa al-Khalifa, should halt plans to execute Bangladeshi Jassim Abdulmanan for killing a man in 2005, Human Rights Watch said.
- DECEMBER 3, 2009BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESHI MAN FACES RARE EXECUTION
Amnesty International appealed to the King of Bahrain to stop the execution of a Bangladeshi man.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2009BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN: MAN LOSES A THIRD APPEAL
Bahrain's Cassation Court upheld the death penalty against Bangladeshi national Jassim Abdulmanan
- APRIL 18, 2009BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN: DEATH RULING UPHELD
the Supreme Civil Appeals Court in Bahrain upheld the death penalty against a Bangladeshi man convicted of the murder of his compatriot.
- JANUARY 1, 2009BahrainDEATH PENALTY
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are
- NOVEMBER 29, 2008BahrainDEATH PENALTY
MPs in Bahrain demanded the death penalty for four men...
MPs in Bahrain demanded the death penalty for four men who allegedly kidnapped a Bahraini teenager and gang raped him in a seven-hour ordeal.
- OCTOBER 10, 2008BahrainDEATH PENALTY
RIGHTS BODY URGES BAHRAIN TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
Bahrain was urged to abolish death penalty from its panel code law after the activation of the punishment few years ago.
- AUGUST 10, 2008BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN SLAMMED OVER DEATH PENALTY LEGISLATION
proposed legislation enforcing the death penalty for people found guilty of disclosing state secrets and documents to rival nations was condemned by a leading human rights group in Bahrain.
- JUNE 4, 2008BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN. BANGLADESHI EXECUTED FOR MURDER
a Bangladeshi murderer was executed by firing squad in Bahrain early in the morning, the Public Prosecution