Palestinian Territories
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 · In Palestine three types of legislation are applied
- News items in the archive
- 368
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Palestinian Territories 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 368 news items on Palestinian Territories, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- AUGUST 16, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat ordered an inquiry...
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat ordered an inquiry into the death of a Palestinian man who the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) said may have been tortured to death in a Gaza Strip prison run by the Palestinian Authority's military intellige
- AUGUST 12, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Palestinian radio reported that the State Security...
Palestinian radio reported that the State Security Court sentenced to death Khalid Sa'id al-'Akkih by firing squad
- AUGUST 9, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian security court in the West Bank sentenced...
A Palestinian security court in the West Bank sentenced a 43-year-old Palestinian man to death by firing squad for treason and collaborating with the Israeli military
- AUGUST 2, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The Security Court in Nablus condemned to death Ahmed...
The Security Court in Nablus condemned to death Ahmed Abu Ayash, 50, on charges of collaborating with Israel in the assassination of a local Hamas leader, Salah Darawesh
- AUGUST 1, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Field commanders of the Palestinian intifada declared...
Field commanders of the Palestinian intifada declared open season on suspected traitors in their ranks
- JULY 31, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian Authority security court sentenced three...
A Palestinian Authority security court sentenced three Palestinian men, Samir Abu-Zeina, Amjad Hafarza and Hussein Abu-Alayoun, to death for collaboration with Israel over the killing in December of a senior Fatah official
- JULY 28, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
In the West Bank town of Tulkarm, 3,000 people marched...
In the West Bank town of Tulkarm, 3,000 people marched to demand the death sentence for five Palestinians accused of treason and collaboration with Israel over the killing in December 2000 of Thabet Thabet, a Fatah leader
- JUNE 14, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The European Union commissioner for external affairs...
The European Union commissioner for external affairs Chris Patten called on the Palestinian Authority to stop using fast-track security courts to impose death sentences
- MAY 29, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian security court sentenced a Palestinian...
A Palestinian security court sentenced a Palestinian policeman to death by firing squad for murdering a fellow security man in a revenge killing
- MARCH 15, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Sweden's representative, speaking on behalf of the...
Sweden's representative, speaking on behalf of the European Union at the Security Council during an open debate on the situation in the Middle East, said that Israel's policy on extrajudicial killings was unacceptable and encouraged [the Palestinian Auth
- MARCH 4, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The Head of the Palestinian Military Intelligence Service...
The Head of the Palestinian Military Intelligence Service Staff Major-General Musa Arafat al-Qudwah stressed that in order to counter Israeli intelligence penetration, "it was necessary increase some of the sentences up to the death penalty to deter othe
- FEBRUARY 27, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Salim Akra, 37, a Palestinian suspected of collaborating...
Salim Akra, 37, a Palestinian suspected of collaborating with Israel in the killing of a Hamas activist was tortured to death by the Palestinian Authority's military intelligence
- FEBRUARY 11, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian military court sentenced to death a Palestinian...
A Palestinian military court sentenced to death a Palestinian security officer, Hassan Mohammed Hassan Musalam, 55, to death by firing squad
- FEBRUARY 3, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Hamas founder Shaykh Ahmad Yasin expressed his objection...
Hamas founder Shaykh Ahmad Yasin expressed his objection to the execution of collaborators and those suspected of dealing with the Israeli Shin Bet outside the framework of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA)
- JANUARY 31, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Commissioner for External Relations, Cris Patten in...
Commissioner for External Relations, Cris Patten in a contribution to a debate on the situation in the Middle East at the European Parliament said that he was deeply concerned by the killing of Israeli civilians by Palestinians, and by the recent executio
- JANUARY 17, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
PA Justice Minister Freih Abu Medein, on criticism...
PA Justice Minister Freih Abu Medein, on criticism of the Palestinian judiciary by Western and domestic legal parties on the executions policy, the justice minister said: "Our people are in a state of war, which has been launched against them, and we are
- JANUARY 15, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The European Union, under the Sweden Presidency, voiced...
The European Union, under the Sweden Presidency, voiced regret over the execution of two Palestinians convicted of collaboration with Israel and urged Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to commute death sentences against two other men, Ali al-Hatib and Husa
- JANUARY 14, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
After putting 2 men before firing squads and condemning...
After putting 2 men before firing squads and condemning 2 more to death, Palestinian authorities said that more trials - and harsher punishment - are ahead for Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel
- JANUARY 13, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
After putting 2 men before firing squads, a military...
After putting 2 men before firing squads, a military court heard no witnesses and deliberated less than an hour before sentencing two Palestinians to death and two others to life in prison on similar charges of treason
- JANUARY 13, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
January 13, 2001: Two Palestinians convicted of collaborating with Israel have been executed by firing squad.
- JANUARY 13, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Two Palestinians convicted of collaborating with Israel...
Two Palestinians convicted of collaborating with Israel have been executed by firing squad
- JANUARY 1, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
In Palestine three types of legislation are applied
In Palestine three types of legislation are applied
- DECEMBER 17, 2000Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The [Palestinian] Preventive Security Services arrested...
The [Palestinian] Preventive Security Services arrested Majdi Muhammad Makawi, 28, who was suspected of being behind the assassination of four of the Fatah movement's cadres
- DECEMBER 10, 2000Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian state security court in Nablus sentenced...
A Palestinian state security court in Nablus sentenced to death Allan Bani Odeh, who was convicted of helping Israel assassinate a top Hamas terrorist
- MAY 21, 2000Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian military court sentenced Kamal and Husam...
A Palestinian military court sentenced Kamal and Husam Hammad to death in absentia
- FEBRUARY 18, 2000Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, under public pressure...
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, under public pressure for a quick death sentence and execution, approved of a speedy trial in the Nablus state security court for Bilal Shaqo, 22, who was accused of raping a four-year-old girl
- JANUARY 25, 2000Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The European Union's Council of Ministers said it would...
The European Union's Council of Ministers said it would welcome an announcement by the Palestinian Authority of a moratorium on the death penalty
- JANUARY 18, 2000Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The Chair of the EP Delegation for Relations with the...
The Chair of the EP Delegation for Relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council, Luisa Morgantini insisted that the Palestinians needed to respect human rights, in particular by abolishing the death penalty
- JANUARY 16, 2000Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian human rights group demanded that the...
A Palestinian human rights group demanded that the Palestinian Authority cancel 24 death sentences in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
- JANUARY 1, 2000Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
In Palestine three types of legislation are applied
In Palestine three types of legislation are applied