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
- JANUARY 1, 2007KuwaitDEATH 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 17, 2006KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
the Criminal Court in Kuwait sentenced Sheikh Talal Al-Sabah...
the Criminal Court in Kuwait sentenced Sheikh Talal Al-Sabah...
- NOVEMBER 29, 2006KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKAN STILL ALIVE FIVE HOURS AFTER HANGING IN KUWAIT: REPORTS
a Sri Lankan national who was executed in Kuwait for murdering an Asian woman during a robbery remained alive five hours after he was hanged and pronounced dead, newspapers reported
- NOVEMBER 21, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT HANGS THREE ASIANS, ONE STATELESS RESIDENT
two Pakistani nationals convicted of drug trafficking and a Bangladeshi and a stateless resident found guilty of premeditated murder were hanged in Kuwait, officials said.
- NOVEMBER 13, 2006KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES OF 4 MUSLIM FUNDAMENTALISTS IN TERROR CASE
an appeals court in Kuwait city upheld four death sentences and commuted two others to life in prison in a terror case against a group of Muslim fundamentalists convicted of plotting attacks on US troops in Kuwait.
- NOVEMBER 7, 2006KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. FOUR DEATH SENTENCES APPROVED BY CASSATION COURT
the Cassation Court of Kuwait approved the death sentences for four men convicted of murder and other crimes subject to capital punishment.
- NOVEMBER 4, 2006KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING EGYPTIAN IN ROBBERY BID
the Criminal Court in Kuwait city sentenced two Kuwaiti men...
- AUGUST 29, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
22 YEAR OLD INDIAN AWAITS DEATH IN KUWAIT JAIL
was reported that Shoukath, a 22-year-old Indian from the state of Kerala, was on death row in Kerala after surviving a suicide pact with a Nepali girl he had a love affair with. Shoukath had been imprisoned since December 2005. However, he had only recen
- JULY 14, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. INDIAN NATIONAL EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Shakarullah Ansari, a native of Uttar Pradesh, India, was hanged till death at 8:15 am Kuwait time on charges of murdering his employer.
- JUNE 20, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. INDIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an Indian national in Kuwait was sentenced to death by a criminal court for killing his lover and later trying to commit suicide.
- MAY 2, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. FIVE MEN EXECUTED FOR MURDER, DRUG SMUGGLING, RAPE
Kuwait carried out the executions of five men convicted of murder and drug smuggling. The bodies of the men were then put on public display from the gallows.
- APRIL 13, 2006KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE FOR PAKISTANI ACCUSED OF HEROIN SMUGGLING
Kuwait’s Court of Appeals commuted into life imprisonment the death sentence issued against Fadhl H., a Pakistani man charged with smuggling heroin into the country.
- MARCH 5, 2006KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. PHILIPPINE VICE PRESIDENT IN KUWAIT TO APPEAL FOR LIFE OF FILIPINO TEACHER
Philippine Vice-President Noli de Castro went to Kuwait to negotiate for the life of Marilou Ranario, an overseas Filipino worker who was sentenced to death for murdering her employer.
- JANUARY 30, 2006KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. VICE PRESIDENT TO VISIT KUWAIT TO PLEAD FOR LIFE OF CONDEMNED MAID
the Philippine Vice President Noli de Castro was to fly to Kuwait to plead for the life of a Filipina maid who was set to hang for killing her boss there, the foreign department said. Marilou Ranario, a 33 year-old teacher who went to work as a domestic i
- JANUARY 23, 2006KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. DIPLOMATS TOLD TO SAVE MAID FROM EXECUTION IN KUWAIT
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ordered Philippine diplomats to do everything they could to save a Filipina teacher who was set to hang in Kuwait for killing her boss there.
- JANUARY 1, 2006KuwaitDEATH 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 27, 2005KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. SIX AL QAEDA-LINKED MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Kuwaiti court sentenced to death six suspected militants linked to al Qaeda for bloody attacks in the country.
- DECEMBER 21, 2005KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. EXECUTED MAN'S CORPSE DISPLAYED
a 21-year old Kuwaiti convicted of the premeditated murder of a compatriot was hanged and his hooded corpse displayed in public.
- OCTOBER 2, 2005KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. 4 PAKISTANIS HANGED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Mohammed Ahmed Khan, 33, Abdul-Basir Abdul Hai Mohammed Ishaq, 50, Faz Mohammed Youseff Khan, 32, and Sayed Mudassar Shah Hekmat, 26, were hanged at a police station in the capital Kuwait City, and the public was later invited to view the strung-up bodies
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2005KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Philippine national Marilou Ranario
Philippine national Marilou Ranario
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. GOVERNMENT DEMANDS DEATH PENALTY FOR SADDAM
Kuwait demanded the death penalty in its indictment against former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein for crimes against the emirate, Justice Minister Ahmad Baqer said.
- JUNE 11, 2005KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. DEATH PENALTY DEMANDED FOR 34 MILITANTS
Kuwait’s public prosecutor demanded the death penalty for 34 of 37 militants suspected of links to Al Qaeda and deadly clashes with police in January 2005.
- MAY 12, 2005KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. DEATH PENALTY SOUGHT FOR MILITANTS
Kuwait’s public prosecution demanded the death penalty for 20 militants, allegedly linked to Al Qaeda, who clashed with police in January 2005 leaving four police officers dead and 10 others wounded.
- JANUARY 11, 2005KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Ayub Shah Bani Shah and Othman Ghani Mehrab Khan...
Ayub Shah Bani Shah and Othman Ghani Mehrab Khan...
- JANUARY 1, 2005KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for by laws based on the Sharia. Capital crimes include
The death penalty is provided for by laws based on the Sharia. Capital crimes include
- AUGUST 17, 2004KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
two men named Uwaisdeen Abdurabi Nistar and Abdulhassan Mohammad Ajmeer were hanged
two men named Uwaisdeen Abdurabi Nistar and Abdulhassan Mohammad Ajmeer were hanged
- JULY 25, 2004KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
A Kuwaiti court sentenced Mohammad al-Juwaied, a Kuwaiti...
A Kuwaiti court sentenced Mohammad al-Juwaied, a Kuwaiti national, to death for spying for the former Iraqi regime led by Saddam Hussein, whose forces invaded and occupied the Gulf Arab state during the 1990-91 Gulf Crisis
- JULY 13, 2004KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Ghanem Abdullah al-Mutairi, a Kuwaiti convicted of...
Ghanem Abdullah al-Mutairi, a Kuwaiti convicted of premeditated murder, was executed in Kuwait city
- JULY 1, 2004KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Saddam Hussein is a "war criminal" who must face capital...
Saddam Hussein is a "war criminal" who must face capital punishment, Kuwait's Information Minister said, referring to the ousted Iraqi president's August 1990 invasion of the emirate
- MAY 31, 2004KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Two Saudi nationals and a Kuwaiti convicted of the...
Two Saudi nationals and a Kuwaiti convicted of the abduction, rape and murder of a six-year-old girl were executed in Kuwait, and their corpses displayed in public