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.
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- JANUARY 7, 2009Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
HAMAS EXECUTES 6 SUSPECTED OF COLLABORATION
in Palestine, Hamas security officers executed six men suspected...
- JANUARY 7, 2009Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Haidar Mahmoud Husein Ghanem...
Haidar Mahmoud Husein Ghanem...
- JANUARY 7, 2009Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Hasan Ahmed Hejazi, 37, from Jabalia refugee camp...
Hasan Ahmed Hejazi, 37, from Jabalia refugee camp...
JANUARY 7, 2009Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYPALESTINIAN AUTHORITY: HAMAS EXECUTES FORMER B'TSELEM FIELD WORKER
a Palestinian human rights activist and journalist who used to work for
- JANUARY 5, 2009Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Hesham Tawfiq al-Najjar, 45...
Hesham Tawfiq al-Najjar, 45...
- JANUARY 2, 2009Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Saleh Khalil Ahmed Abu Zeid, 59...
Saleh Khalil Ahmed Abu Zeid, 59...
- JANUARY 1, 2009Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
In Palestinian areas three types of legislation are applied.
In Palestinian areas three types of legislation are applied.
- JANUARY 1, 2009Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Talal Imad Khalil al-Mughrabi, 26, from Al-Bureij Refugee Camp...
Talal Imad Khalil al-Mughrabi, 26, from Al-Bureij Refugee Camp...
- DECEMBER 31, 2008Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Zakareya Ahmed Khalil al-Ghandour, 61...
Zakareya Ahmed Khalil al-Ghandour, 61...
- DECEMBER 29, 2008Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Yaser Sa’id Zannoun, 41, was killed in Rafah City.
Yaser Sa’id Zannoun, 41, was killed in Rafah City.
- DECEMBER 29, 2008Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Salah Abdullah Jaber ‘Awad, 45, from Rafah...
Salah Abdullah Jaber ‘Awad, 45, from Rafah...
- DECEMBER 29, 2008Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Ali Hasan Seidam, 34...
Mohammed Ali Hasan Seidam, 34...
- DECEMBER 29, 2008Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Akram Mohammed al-Zatma, 29, was killed in Rafah City after he had fled Gaza Central Prison.
Akram Mohammed al-Zatma, 29, was killed in Rafah City after he had fled Gaza Central Prison.
- DECEMBER 29, 2008Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Saleh Salim Darwish al-Hejooj, 37, from Izzbat Beit Hanoun...
Saleh Salim Darwish al-Hejooj, 37, from Izzbat Beit Hanoun...
- DECEMBER 28, 2008Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Jamal Ibrahim Hasan al-Ghandour, 46...
Jamal Ibrahim Hasan al-Ghandour, 46...
- DECEMBER 28, 2008Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
three brothers from Jabalya suspected of collaborating with Israel...
three brothers from Jabalya suspected of collaborating with Israel...
- DECEMBER 28, 2008Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Eyad Ahmed Dyab Sukkar Mohammedein, 35...
Eyad Ahmed Dyab Sukkar Mohammedein, 35...
- DECEMBER 28, 2008Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Nasser Ahmed Mohammed Muhana, 34, from Jabalia Refugee Camp...
Nasser Ahmed Mohammed Muhana, 34, from Jabalia Refugee Camp...
DECEMBER 24, 2008Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYPA. HAMAS PUSHES FOR SHARIA PUNISHMENTS
The Hamas parliament in the Gaza Strip voted in favour of a law allowing courts to mete out sentences in
- DECEMBER 16, 2008Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
HAMAS-RUN COURT GIVES DEATH PENALTY TO GAZAN FOR COOPERATING WITH ISRAEL
a Palestinian military court sentenced a Gaza Strip resident to hang for alleged security cooperation
DECEMBER 15, 2008Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYPALESTINIAN AUTHORITY: DEATH SENTENCES SURGE IN WEST BANK, GAZA
Palestinian officials should announce an immediate moratorium on the death penalty and eliminate its use in
- NOVEMBER 15, 2008Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
PNA. PALESTINIAN HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP CALLS FOR MORATORIUM ON THE DEATH PENALTY
the Gaza City-based Palestinian Centre for Human Rights wrote a report on the death sentence by a military
- NOVEMBER 12, 2008Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
PALESTINIAN COLLABORATOR SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Palestinian security official was sentenced to death by a Palestinian Authority military court
- OCTOBER 29, 2008Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
in the Palestinian Authority, Gaza's highest court upheld the death sentence of four men charged with rape and murder
in the Palestinian Authority, Gaza's highest court upheld the death sentence of four men charged with rape and murder
- OCTOBER 29, 2008Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
PALESTINIAN HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP URGES ABBAS TO STAY PA EXECUTION
the Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) called on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to stay the death sentence for four men convicted of raping and murdering a young girl in Gaza City.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2008Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
PA. TWO THIRDS OF PALESTINIANS OPPOSE DEATH PENALTY
in the most recent poll prepared by Dr Nabil Kukali, conducted and published by the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion (PCPO), two thirds opposed the imposition of the death penalty in their home land, whilst only 28.5 % supported it.
JULY 20, 2008Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYANOTHER PALESTINIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HELPING ISRAEL
Eyad Ahmed Sukkar, 35, was sentenced to death by firing squad in a Gaza City court after prosecutors charged him with transferring information to Israel that resulted in the deaths of two wanted Hamas terrorists.
JULY 15, 2008Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYPALESTINIAN COURT SENTENCES COLLABORATORS TO DEATH
a Palestinian military court on sentenced two Palestinians to death by firing squad for collaborating with Israel, a court statement said.
- APRIL 28, 2008Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
PALESTINIAN MILITARY COURT SENTENCES CONVICTED COLLABORATOR WITH ISRAEL TO DEATH
the Hebron Military Court imposed the death penalty on a man convicted of collaborating with Israeli security, raising the possibility of the first such execution in seven years.
- APRIL 6, 2008Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
PA. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Palestinian High Military Court in Jenin sentenced Mr Tha'er Mahmoud Husni