Kuwait
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Retentionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 5
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 17
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · The death penalty is provided for by laws based on...
- News items in the archive
- 257
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Kuwait is classified as Retentionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 5 executions in the country, against 17 the year before. The archive holds 257 news items on Kuwait, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
JUNE 18, 2017KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: COURT OF CASSATION OVERTURNS DEATH SENTENCE IN IRAN SPY CELL CASE
Kuwait's highest court overturned the death sentence imposed by a lower tribunal against a man convicted of
JUNE 12, 2017KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: DEATH SENTENCE IN CHILD MURDER OVERTURNED
Kuwait’s Court of Appeals overturned the death sentence for father and a mother who tortured their four-year-old daughter to death and kept her body in a freezer.
MAY 31, 2017KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: SEVEN MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING A 10-YEAR-OLD DISABLED BOY
Seven men have been sentenced to death for raping a disabled boy in Kuwait and threatening to leak footage of the horrifying assault on social media.
MAY 28, 2017KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: MAN WHO KILLED POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A court in Kuwait has sentenced a Kuwaiti to death for killing one police officer and wounding five others.
- MAY 26, 2017KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court has sentenced a 35-year-old Kuwaiti woman to death by hanging f
The Criminal Court has sentenced a 35-year-old Kuwaiti woman to death by hanging f
- FEBRUARY 5, 2017KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: CITIZEN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING SPOUSE
The Criminal Court issued a death sentence against a Kuwaiti citizen who is accused of murdering his wife
- JANUARY 25, 2017KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: ROYAL FAMILY MEMBER AMONG SEVEN HANGED
Seven people, among them a member of the ruling family who killed his nephew, were hanged
- JANUARY 2, 2017KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: PARENTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING DAUGHTER
A court in Kuwait sentenced a couple to death after finding them guilty of torturing their three-year-old daughter until she died, it said in a statement.
- JANUARY 1, 2017KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for by laws based on the Sharia.
The death penalty is provided for by laws based on the Sharia.
- NOVEMBER 15, 2016KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
As per the current juvenile law, criminal penalties are applicable only to those aged 18 years or above, and only special penalties are applied to those under 18.
As per the current juvenile law, criminal penalties are applicable only to those aged 18 years or above, and only special penalties are applied to those under 18.
NOVEMBER 10, 2016KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: JUVENILE AGE LOWERED TO 16; TEENAGERS WARNED THEY COULD FACE DEATH PENALTY FOR CERTAIN CRIMES
Kuwaiti teenage students have been warned that they could face the death penalty or heavy prison terms for certain crimes following the decision to lower the juvenile age from 18 to 16 in January.
JUNE 28, 2016KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: GALLOWS FOR THREE INDIANS, WOMAN IN DRUG TRAFFICKING
The Court of Appeals presided over by Judge Ali Diran has upheld the verdict of the lower court and
- MAY 10, 2016KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: TWO EGYPTIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SMUGGLING DRUGS
The Criminal Court sentenced two Egyptians to death for smuggling huge quantities of drugs into the
MARCH 8, 2016KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: FOUR PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
The Criminal Court in Kuwait has sentenced four people to death – three Indian men and a Sri Lankan
- JANUARY 1, 2016KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for by laws based on the Sharia.
The death penalty is provided for by laws based on the Sharia.
- NOVEMBER 5, 2015KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: SAAD AL-ABDULLAH FRIEND SLAYER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Kuwaiti man was sentenced to death for killing his friend and fellow tribesmen. The victim, Sultan Al-
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2015KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: FAKE COP SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE
A Kuwaiti court of appeals sentenced a local man to death after he was convicted of raping an Asian
SEPTEMBER 15, 2015KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SHIITE MOSQUE BOMBING
Kuwait has sentenced seven people to death over the suicide bombing of a Shia mosque in which at least
JUNE 22, 2015KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: PINAY CONVICT RETURNS HOME AFTER 10-YEAR DETENTION
A Filipina who was saved from the death penalty in Kuwait is set to arrive in the Philippines in the afternoon
JUNE 1, 2015KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: CASSATION COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE
the Cassation Court presided over by Judge Salem Al- Khudair has rejected the appeal filed by four
- JANUARY 1, 2015KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for by laws based on the Sharia.
The death penalty is provided for by laws based on the Sharia.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2014EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: SIHAM’S MURDERER SENTENCED TO DEATH
The criminal court in Kuwait sentenced an Ethiopian maid who stabbed her employer’s daughter to death.
- JUNE 27, 2014KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR MURDERER
Kuwait’s Court of Appeals has upheld the death sentence for a defendant who killed a Lebanese national in
- JUNE 9, 2014KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: MAID TO BE EXECUTED FOR KILLING KUWAITI BRIDE
Kuwait’s top court upheld a court sentence to execute an Ethiopian housemaid after she was convicted of
JUNE 5, 2014KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: RAPIST POLICEMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING FILIPINA
The Criminal Court has sentenced a lance corporal in the General Traffic Department to death by hanging for kidnapping a Filipino woman, raping her and attempting to murder her, reports Al-Rai daily.
- MAY 26, 2014KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: COURT COMMUTES IRAQI’S DEATH SENTENCE
Kuwait’s appeals court commuted the death sentence of an Iraqi fisherman who killed a coast guard to life
- MAY 6, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: EGYPTIAN DUO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING COMPATRIOT
In Kuwait, the Criminal Court presided over by Justice Waleed Al-Kandari sentenced two Egyptian
- JANUARY 1, 2014KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for by laws based on the Sharia.
The death penalty is provided for by laws based on the Sharia.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2013KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Kuwait's supreme court upheld a death sentence
Kuwait's supreme court upheld a death sentence
- JUNE 26, 2013EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: DEATH SENTENCE FOR BRIDE KILLER
A Kuwaiti court sentenced an Ethiopian domestic helper to death for killing a Kuwaiti bride a day before