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
- MARCH 17, 2011KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: MAN TO BE EXECUTED FOR KILLING EXPATRIATE
a Kuwaiti court sentenced a unnamed local man to death for murdering an Asian expatriate after robbing him, a newspaper said.
JANUARY 28, 2011KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH AGAINST MAN FOR KILLING HIS FRIEND OVER WEALTH
the Kuwaiti Court of Appeals presided by Judge Salem Al-Khudair recently
- JANUARY 27, 2011EgyptDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: MAN WHO STABBED HIS FILIPINA WIFE 31 TIMES GETS DEATH SENTENCE
Egyptian national Attalla Mohammad was sentenced to death in Kuwait for killing his Filipina wife Norhaisa Nasa Andao by stabbing her 31 times in a beauty saloon after their relationship soured.
- JANUARY 1, 2011KuwaitDEATH 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.
- MAY 26, 2010KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: DEATH PENALTY FOR A WOMAN WHO KILLED 57 PEOPLE
The Kuwaiti appeals court confirmed a death sentence against a woman convicted
- MARCH 31, 2010KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAITI WIFE GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR WEDDING BLAZE
in Kuwait, Judge Adel al-Sager sentenced Nasra Yussef Mohammed al-Enezi, 23, to death for starting a fire in Jahra on August 15 at the wedding party of her husband and his second wife that killed 57 women and children.
- MARCH 31, 2010KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
69 SRI LANKAN DRUG TRAFFICKERS IN KUWAIT PRISONS - 11 WOMEN AMONG THEM
69 Sri Lankans involved in drug trafficking are serving jail sentences in Kuwait prisons...
- FEBRUARY 21, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: DEATH TO LIFE FOR IRANIAN
the Kuwaiti Court of Appeals commuted the death sentence of an Iranian man...
- JANUARY 20, 2010KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: COURT UPHOLDS FILIPINA'S DEATH SENTENCE
the Kuwaiti Court of Cassation upheld the death sentence against Filipina housemaid Jakatia Pawa for killing her employer's 22-year-old daughter.
- JANUARY 5, 2010KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY AGAINST MAN IN KIDNAP, MURDER
Judge Ahmad Al-Ajeel of the Kuwaiti Court of Cassation dismissed an appeal by a Kuwaiti man for kidnapping, robbing and murdering an Egyptian man, identified as Ashraf M.
- JANUARY 4, 2010KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: PAKISTANI CARRIER TO DIE FOR DRUGS
the Criminal Court in Kuwait sentenced an unidentified Pakistani man to capital punishment for smuggling heroin into the country.
- JANUARY 4, 2010KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Judge Hamoud Al-Mutawa of the Kuwaiti Criminal Court sentenced...
Judge Hamoud Al-Mutawa of the Kuwaiti Criminal Court sentenced...
- JANUARY 1, 2010KuwaitDEATH 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.
- DECEMBER 13, 2009EgyptDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: EGYPTIAN BUTCHER GIVEN DEATH FOR PREMEDITATED MURDER
Judge Wael Al-Atiqi of the Kuwaiti Criminal Court sentenced Egyptian butcher, S. Radhi, to death for
- NOVEMBER 12, 2009KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAITI COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR OFW
the Kuwait Court of Cassation upheld the death sentence of Philippine national Bienvenido Espino, Jr, for killing compatriot Jhias Gumapac on October 30, 2007.
NOVEMBER 11, 2009EgyptDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: EGYPTIAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING COMPATRIOT
the Kuwaiti Criminal Court sentenced an Egyptian man, identified only as Ismail M., to death for murdering
- OCTOBER 18, 2009KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAITI GETS DEATH FOR MURDER
Judge Abdunnaser Khuraibet of the Kuwaiti Criminal Court sentenced a...
- OCTOBER 7, 2009KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR CHILD RAPE
Judge Nasr Salem Al-Haid of the Kuwaiti Court of Appeals upheld two death sentences for Hajjaj Mohammed Adel Al-Saadi, known as the ‘Hawalli Monster’
- AUGUST 17, 2009EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
ETHIOPIAN WOMAN GETS DEATH IN THE KILLING OF SPONSOR
Judge Abdurrahman Al-Darmi of the Kuwaiti Criminal Court sentenced an Ethiopian housemaid, identified only as Amakeel, to death for the premeditated murder of her sponsor, a Lebanese woman.
- JUNE 11, 2009KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah al Ahmed al Jaber al Sabah...
the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah al Ahmed al Jaber al Sabah...
- MAY 20, 2009KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: PINOY ON DEATH ROW IN KUWAIT PARDONNED BY VICTIM'S FAMILY
an overseas Filipino worker sentenced to death by a Kuwaiti court for killing a compatriot may be spared, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.
- JANUARY 28, 2009KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD IN FILIPINA’S WILFUL MURDER
the Kuwaiti Court of Appeals affirmed the death penalty on a Filipino charged with the premeditated killing of a woman compatriot over a year ago in a fit of jealousy rage.
- JANUARY 7, 2009KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
the Kuwaiti Court of Appeals commuted the death sentence of Hajjaj Mohammed Adel Al-Saadi, who is also known as the ‘Hawalli Monster’
the Kuwaiti Court of Appeals commuted the death sentence of Hajjaj Mohammed Adel Al-Saadi, who is also known as the ‘Hawalli Monster’
- JANUARY 1, 2009KuwaitDEATH 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.
- DECEMBER 2, 2008United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE EXTRADITES IRANIAN FUGITIVE ON DEATH SENTENCE TO KUWAIT
the security authorities in the United Arab Emirates handed over to the Kuwaiti authorities an Iranian man who had earlier been sentenced to death by hanging, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily.
- NOVEMBER 10, 2008EgyptDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: EGYPTIAN HANDED EIGHTH DEATH SENTENCE FOR CHILD RAPE
a Kuwait court handed down two more death sentences to an Egyptian man accused of abducting and raping 17 children, a legal source said. Jihad Al-Saadi, 27, was arrested in July, 2007.
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO DEATH SENTENCES COMMUTED
a Saudi Arabian court overruled the verdict of a lower court and sentenced a Kuwaiti girl and her brother to 20 years in jail for killing their sister in a desert in Saudi Arabia before surrendering themselves to Saudi authorities, reports Awan daily.
- AUGUST 14, 2008KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAITI SHEIK FACING DEATH, BEGS FOR MERCY FROM ROYAL FAMILY
Sheikh Talal Nasser al-Sabah, the first Kuwaiti royal to be sentenced to death, appealed to his family to be pardoned. Al-Sabah was caught by Kuwaiti police with 10kg (22lb) of cocaine and 165lb of hashish.
- JULY 23, 2008KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. FILIPINA NOT SENTENCED TO DEATH, SAYS AMBASSADOR
Ricardo Endaya, Ambassador of the Philippines to Kuwait, stated in an interview with Al Watan Daily that, contrary to reports published by a local English daily, Jakatia Pawa, a Filipina domestic worker accused of murdering the daughter of her employer, w
- JULY 21, 2008KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAITI COURT UPHOLDS FILIPINA’S DEATH SENTENCE
the Kuwaiti Court of Appeals upheld the verdict of a lower court, which sentenced a Filipina housemaid identified as Jakatia Mandon Pawa, 31, of Zamboanga del Norte, to capital punishment for the premeditated murder of her sponsor’s 20 year old daughter a