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, 2013EgyptDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: TWO MORE CONVICTS EXECUTED
two convicted rapists and killers were put to death in a Kuwaiti prison in Salibiya. It was Kuwait’s second
- JUNE 17, 2013KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Kuwait’s Cassation Court changed life sentences to death
Kuwait’s Cassation Court changed life sentences to death
- JUNE 16, 2013KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
the Court of Cassation, in Kuwait, upheld the verdict of the Criminal and Appeals
the Court of Cassation, in Kuwait, upheld the verdict of the Criminal and Appeals
JUNE 16, 2013KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: BLOOD MONEY SAVES 2 INDIANS FROM GALLOWS
just two days before they were to go under the executioner’s blade in Kuwait City’s central
JUNE 2, 2013KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER MURDER OF LEBANESE DENTIST
A Kuwait court sentenced four people to death for killing a Lebanese national in an assault at a shopping
MAY 23, 2013KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A Kuwaiti court sentenced an officer to death for killing another officer.
APRIL 1, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: THREE HANGED IN THE FIRST EXECUTIONS SINCE 2007
Kuwait hanged three convicted murderers in the first executions in the Gulf state since May 2007, the ministry of justice said.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2013KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
the Court of Appeals presided by Counselor
the Court of Appeals presided by Counselor
- JANUARY 1, 2013KuwaitDEATH 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, 2012IraqDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: DEATH FOR IRAQI FISHERMAN FOR KILLING KUWAITI COAST GUARD
A Kuwait criminal court sentenced an Iraqi fisherman to death for killing a Kuwaiti
OCTOBER 18, 2012KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: KUWAITI SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SLAYING FRIEND IN KABAD
In Kuwait, the Criminal Court presided over by Justice Emad A-Mandil has sentenced a
- JUNE 24, 2012KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED TO KUWAITI FOR MURDERING MAID
In Kuwait, a citizen was sentenced to death for murdering his Nepalese housemaid. Case
- JUNE 10, 2012KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Minister of Awqaf and Justice Jamal Shehab...
Minister of Awqaf and Justice Jamal Shehab...
- JUNE 6, 2012KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: RULER REJECTS DEATH PENALTY RELIGIOUS OFFENCES
Kuwait’s emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, has refused to sign a bill passed by parliament
JUNE 4, 2012KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: SHI'ITE MUSLIM GETS 10 YEARS FOR TWITTER BLASPHEMY
Hamad al-Naqi, the Kuwaiti Shiite tweeter arrested in March for allegedly cursing
- MAY 30, 2012KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OVER FILIPINA MURDER
The appeals court in Kuwait upheld the death sentence for a Kuwaiti housewife for murdering her Filipina
MAY 28, 2012KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: SPIES' SENTENCES COMMUTED
Three men accused of spying for Iran had their death sentences commuted to life in prison
MAY 15, 2012BangladeshDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: BANGLADESHIS DEATH COMMUTED TO ‘LIFE’
In Kuwait, The Court of Appeals has commuted the death sentenced imposed by the First
MAY 3, 2012KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: MPS PASS DEATH PENALTY BILL FOR CURSING GOD
Kuwait's parliament passed a bill stipulating the death penalty for Muslims who curse
APRIL 12, 2012KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: MPS OKAY DEATH PENALTY FOR CURSING GOD
Kuwait's parliament provisionally passed amendments to the Gulf state's penal code stipulating
- FEBRUARY 19, 2012KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: COUPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING FILIPINA HOUSEMAID
The Criminal Court sentenced a Kuwaiti couple to death after they were convicted of first degree
- JANUARY 27, 2012BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: PARDON FOR DEATH ROW INMATES
The family of ‘Mohidul’, a Bangladeshi expatriate in Kuwait who was murdered by three
- JANUARY 1, 2012KuwaitDEATH 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.
- OCTOBER 14, 2011KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAITI PRINCE SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Kuwaiti prince has been sentenced to death after he was found guilty of killing his nephew
- OCTOBER 13, 2011KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: WOMAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BURNING MAN TO DEATH
the Kuwaiti Court of Appeals sentenced an unidentified woman to death for burning an expatriate man to death.
- JUNE 12, 2011KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
DEATH UPHELD FOR KUWAIT WOMAN FOR WEDDING CARNAGE
Kuwait's supreme court upheld the death sentence of Nasra Yussef Mohammed al-Enezi,
- JUNE 5, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: BANGLADESHI TRIO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MURDER OF COMPATRIOT
The Kuwait Criminal Court sentenced three Bangladeshis to death for the premeditated murder
- MAY 19, 2011KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: FOREIGNER ESCAPES THE GALLOWS
an Asian man escaped execution for raping a woman in Kuwait after a successful appeal reduce his death sentence to life in prison, Kuwaiti newspapers reported.
- APRIL 25, 2011EgyptDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR EGYPTIAN IN COMPATRIOT KILL
the Kuwaiti Court of Appeals upheld the verdict of the lower court which had sentenced an Egyptian to death for killing and robbing a compatriot caretaker, Al-Anba daily reported.
- MARCH 29, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT CONDEMNS THREE TO DEATH IN IRAN SPY RING
two Iranians and a Kuwaiti national, all serving in Kuwait's army, were sentenced to