Oman
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 death penalty is provided for under the penal laws...
- News items in the archive
- 56
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Oman 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 56 news items on Oman, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 19, 2002OmanDEATH PENALTY
An overseas Filipino worker sentenced to death by a...
An overseas Filipino worker sentenced to death by a Shariah Court in Oman in 1999 is safely back at home with his loved ones after he was pardoned by the Sultan of Oman at the close of the holy month of Ramadan
- JANUARY 1, 2002OmanDEATH PENALTY
On the 6th of March 1999, according to a royal decree,...
On the 6th of March 1999, according to a royal decree, Oman introduced the death penalty for drug traffickers and users in a move mainly aimed at halting the use of the Sultanate as a trans-shipment point for drug smugglers
- JANUARY 1, 2002OmanDEATH PENALTY
Executions cannot occur during public holidays or the...
Executions cannot occur during public holidays or the Eid of the person sentenced to death
- JANUARY 1, 2002OmanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for under the penal laws...
The death penalty is provided for under the penal laws of the Sultanate of Oman which refers to Shari'a Law
- JULY 20, 2001OmanDEATH PENALTY
Oman sentenced two Pakistanis to death for drug dealing...
Oman sentenced two Pakistanis to death for drug dealing and machineguns possession
- JULY 20, 2001OmanDEATH PENALTY
Police said that three Pakistanis convicted of drug...
Police said that three Pakistanis convicted of drug trafficking have been executed by firing squad at the main prison in al-Manouwama a suburb in the capital Muscat
- MAY 7, 2001OmanDEATH PENALTY
An Omani court sentenced two [unidentified] Pakistani...
An Omani court sentenced two [unidentified] Pakistani men to death for smuggling one tonne of hashish into the Gulf Arab state
- APRIL 5, 2001OmanDEATH PENALTY
The Dubai Court of Cassation uphold the death sentence...
The Dubai Court of Cassation uphold the death sentence on an Omani, involved with three other people for trying to sell almost 464 kilos of hashish for Dh4 million in April 1998
- APRIL 4, 2001OmanDEATH PENALTY
Khalid bin Khamis bin Ali, Mohamed bin Rashid bin Nasser,...
Khalid bin Khamis bin Ali, Mohamed bin Rashid bin Nasser, Khalid bin Thami bin Khalifain and Mahmud bin Marhun bin Hamdan were executed in Oman by firing squad for murder
- MARCH 26, 2001OmanDEATH PENALTY
Habib bin Jumaa, Faisal bin Hilal, Najib bin Mahfouz,...
Habib bin Jumaa, Faisal bin Hilal, Najib bin Mahfouz, Ahmed bin Habib and Mohammed bin Habib were executed by firing squad for murder in Oman
- JANUARY 31, 2001OmanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani national, Murad Bkhit was executed in Oman...
A Pakistani national, Murad Bkhit was executed in Oman for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 17, 2001OmanDEATH PENALTY
Salah bin Ahmad bib Darwish was executed by firing...
Salah bin Ahmad bib Darwish was executed by firing squad for murder in Oman
- JANUARY 1, 2001OmanDEATH PENALTY
On the 6th of March 1999, according to a royal decree,...
On the 6th of March 1999, according to a royal decree, Oman introduced the death penalty for drug traffickers and users in a move mainly aimed at halting the use of the Sultanate as a trans-shipment point for drug smugglers
- JANUARY 1, 2001OmanDEATH PENALTY
Executions cannot occur during public holidays or the...
Executions cannot occur during public holidays or the Eid of the person sentenced to death
- JANUARY 1, 2001OmanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for under the penal laws...
The death penalty is provided for under the penal laws of the Sultanate of Oman which refers to Shari'a Law
- MARCH 2, 2000OmanDEATH PENALTY
Ali Mohammed Al Hambousi Al Shehi was sentenced to...
Ali Mohammed Al Hambousi Al Shehi was sentenced to death and his nephew to life imprisonment for the fatal stabbing of a man over a land dispute
- JANUARY 1, 2000OmanDEATH PENALTY
Executions cannot occur during public holidays or the...
Executions cannot occur during public holidays or the Eid of the person sentenced to death
- JANUARY 1, 2000OmanDEATH PENALTY
In April 1999, according to a royal decree, Oman introduced...
In April 1999, according to a royal decree, Oman introduced the death penalty for drug traffickers and users in a move mainly aimed at halting the use of the Sultanate as a trans-shipment point for drug smugglers
- JANUARY 1, 2000OmanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for under the penal laws...
The death penalty is provided for under the penal laws of the Sultanate of Oman which refers to Shari'a Law
- SEPTEMBER 10, 1999OmanDEATH PENALTY
In September, 10 drug traffickers were sentenced to...
In September, 10 drug traffickers were sentenced to various jail terms
- JULY 22, 1999OmanDEATH PENALTY
Oman signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed...
Oman signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council, in which the retentionist countries dissociated from the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/61 on the question of the death penalty
- JULY 1, 1999OmanDEATH PENALTY
In July, eight people were jailed on a charge of drug...
In July, eight people were jailed on a charge of drug trafficking, according to the Royal Oman Police
- MAY 26, 1999OmanDEATH PENALTY
On May 26, the Oman police arrested a gang of drug...
On May 26, the Oman police arrested a gang of drug smugglers and seized 600kg of hashish
- APRIL 13, 1999OmanDEATH PENALTY
On April 13, Soud bin Khalif bin Salim from Al Kamil...
On April 13, Soud bin Khalif bin Salim from Al Kamil Wa'al Wafi in the Sharqiyah Region was sentenced to death for murdering 65-year-old Habiba bint Nasser bin Mohammed and her brother Ali bin Nasser bin Mohammed
- APRIL 1, 1999OmanDEATH PENALTY
In April, according to a royal decree, Oman introduced...
In April, according to a royal decree, Oman introduced the death penalty for drug traffickers and users in a move mainly aimed at halting the use of the Sultanate as a trans-shipment point for drug smugglers
- JANUARY 1, 1999OmanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for under the penal laws...
The death penalty is provided for under the penal laws of the Sultanate of Oman which refers to Shari'a Law