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
- 133
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 133 news items on Bahrain, from 1999 to today.
In Bahrain the death penalty applies to murder, terrorism and offences against state security. The method is shooting. Human rights organisations have documented sentences handed down at the end of contested trials, in particular in cases of a political nature.
The archive follows sentences, appeals and executions.
Latest news
- 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 PENALTYBAHRAIN. BANGLADESHI EXECUTED FOR MURDER
a Bangladeshi murderer was executed by firing squad in Bahrain early in the morning, the Public Prosecution
- MAY 30, 2008BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN MP SEEKS END TO DEATH PENALTY FOR CRIMES
a Bahraini lawmaker called for the suspension of death penalty in criminal cases to avoid jeopardising the human rights achievements of Bahrain after a move to execute a Bangladeshi national who killed his sponsor's daughter in 2006.
- MAY 29, 2008BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN: EXECUTION OF BANGLADESHI MAN IN BAHRAIN ‘FAST TRACKED’
Bahrain reportedly decided to speed up the execution of a Bangladeshi man convicted of murder.
MAY 6, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. DEATH SENTENCE FOR BAHRAINI COMMUTED
in Saudi Arabia, the death sentence of Bahraini national Maki Ali Abbas, 46, was commuted
- APRIL 28, 2008BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN: FINAL APPEAL REJECTED
a Bangladeshi cook will be executed in Bahrain after the Cassation Court...
- MARCH 1, 2008BahrainDEATH PENALTY
a Bahrain court upheld the death sentence against Jassim Abdulmanan for
a Bahrain court upheld the death sentence against Jassim Abdulmanan for
- JANUARY 1, 2008BahrainDEATH 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 18, 2007BahrainDEATH PENALTY
Bahrain voted against the Resolution...
Bahrain voted against the Resolution...
- AUGUST 2, 2007BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN. MP CALLS FOR SCRAPPING OF DEATH PENALTY
a lawmaker called for the scrapping of the death penalty to avoid jeopardising
- JANUARY 17, 2007BahrainDEATH PENALTY
MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER TO BE EXECUTED
a Bahraini court sentenced a Bangladeshi to death and jailed two others for life for murder of one of their countrymen in October 2005.
- JANUARY 14, 2007BahrainDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY STAYS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING IN BAHRAIN
Bahrain is to keep the death penalty for drug traffickers. The Shura Council voted overwhelmingly in favour
- JANUARY 1, 2007BahrainDEATH 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 11, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN. THREE FOREIGN NATIONALS EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
three foreign nationals convicted of murder were executed by firing squad at Jaw prison, Bahrain. It was reported that Pakistani Mohammed Hanif Atta Mohammed, aged 37, was allowed to meet his three-year-old son for the first time just one day before he
- AUGUST 21, 2006BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN. USE DEATH PENALTY AS DETERRENT SAY MPS
a call for Bahrain to enforce the death penalty went out from MPs and lawyers in the wake of the brutal shooting of a Bahraini man in Muharraq. The murder of Bahraini Mahdi Abdulrahman Mohammed, 38, followed the slaying of 37-year-old Bahraini Sana Al Jal
JULY 22, 2006BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN. PARLIAMENT OKAYS TOUGH ANTI-TERROR LAW
Bahrain's appointed upper chamber approved a tough law to combat terrorism already passed by the elected parliament and that critics say "punishes suspects for their intentions."
- JULY 12, 2006BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN. MPS DROP DEATH PENALTY FROM ANTI TERROR LAW
MPs dropped the death penalty from all but one clause of Bahrain's proposed anti-terrorism law.
- JULY 5, 2006BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN SEEKS DEATH PENALTY FOR THREATS TO PUBLIC SAFETY, UTILITIES
Parliament has approved the death penalty for jeopardising public safety or damaging public utilities during its initial stages of review of the first anti-terrorism draft law in Bahrain.
- FEBRUARY 13, 2006BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN. CHILD RAPISTS TO FACE DEATH PENALTY UNDER NEW PROPOSALS
new laws were being brought in to protect children in Bahrain against rapists and pedophiles
- JANUARY 1, 2006BahrainDEATH 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
- OCTOBER 25, 2005BahrainDEATH PENALTY
it was reported that Bahrain may reintroduce death penalty if...
it was reported that Bahrain may reintroduce death penalty if the Chamber of Deputies passed a draft law on anti-terror measures.
- JULY 10, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN. TWO BANGLADESHI NATIONALS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
two people were sentenced to death for the murder of a Bahraini housewife, Latifa Abdulla Abdulaziz.
APRIL 12, 2005BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN. PARLIAMENT PRESENTED WITH ANTI-TERROR LAW
Bahrain's government presented parliament with an anti-terrorism law stipulating death for "terrorist" acts, following a rise in militant violence in the oil-rich Gulf Arab region, state media and MPs said.
- JANUARY 1, 2005BahrainDEATH 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
- APRIL 21, 2004BahrainDEATH PENALTY
Bahrain voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
Bahrain voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 12, 2004BahrainDEATH 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
- APRIL 24, 2003BahrainDEATH PENALTY
Bahrain voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
Bahrain voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- JANUARY 1, 2003BahrainDEATH PENALTY
The offenses for which capital punishment either can...
The offenses for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are: premeditated murder, plotting to topple the regime, collaborating with a foreign hostile country, threatening the life of the Emir, and defiance of military orders in time of war
- APRIL 25, 2002BahrainDEATH PENALTY
Bahrain voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the...
Bahrain voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- JANUARY 1, 2002BahrainDEATH PENALTY
The offenses for which capital punishment either can...
The offenses for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are: premeditated murder, plotting to topple the regime, collaborating with a foreign hostile country, threatening the life of the Emir, and defiance of military orders in time of war