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
- JUNE 8, 2005LibyaDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU SLAMS LIBYAN RULING ON TORTURE OF CONDEMNED MEDICS
the EU was "seriously concerned" by a Libyan court's acquittal of police officers accused of having tortured six foreign medics facing death sentence over an AIDS-tainted blood scandal, officials said.
MAY 31, 2005BulgariaDEATH PENALTYLIBYA. RULING DELAYED IN DEATH SENTENCE AIDS CASE
Libya's high court delayed a ruling on an appeal by six foreign medics sentenced to death for infecting hundreds of children with the AIDS virus. Judge Ali al-Allush said the case involving five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor, who have already
- MAY 29, 2005LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. LIBYA READY TO COMPROMISE ON BULGARIAN MEDICS
the death sentences of the Bulgarian medics in Libya may be revoked if the interested parties manage to reach a consensus, the BBC cited Tripoli's foreign minister Abdel Rahman Mohammed Shalkam as saying after the visit of Bulgarian president Georgi Parva
MAY 4, 2005Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYEU. THE COMISSION ASKS THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY TO PUT AN END TO EXECUTIONS
“The Commission, in conjunction with the Presidency of the European Union, has raised this matter [of the death penalty] with the Palestinian Authority, and has transmitted a message of serious concern at the prospect of a resumption of executions. It has
MAY 2, 2005Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYJORDAN. THREE MEN EXECUTED FOR MURDER AND THEFT
Jordan executed a Palestinian, a Jordanian and an Iraqi convicted of killing a jeweler during a robbery, a security official said.
- MARCH 31, 2005Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Human Rights Watch (HRW)
- MARCH 18, 2005LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. EU BACKS CAMPAIGN TO FREE BULGARIAN NURSES CONDEMNED TO DEATH
a European Union official backed Bulgaria’s attempts to secure the release of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya for the infection of hundreds of children with the AIDS virus.
- MARCH 14, 2005BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
EU. LIBYA URGED TO RELEASE BULGARIAN NURSES
the European Union appealed to Libya to free the five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor condemned to death after being found guilty of infecting 426 children with the HIV virus
MARCH 3, 2005Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYPALESTINIAN AUTHORITY. TOP CLERIC APPROVES PALESTINIAN EXECUTIONS
the Palestinian Authority is set to resume the execution of prisoners on death row, with at least five sentences due to be carried out in March.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2005Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. ABBAS 'CONSIDERING DEATH PENALTY'
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is considering bringing back the use of death sentences in a bid to keep law and order in the Gaza Strip.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2005Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
“It is serious that the new President of the Palestinian Authority...
“It is serious that the new President of the Palestinian Authority...
FEBRUARY 18, 2005Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYPALESTINIAN AUTHORITY. ABU MAZEN PLANNING TO EXECUTE DOZENS OF PALESTINIANS ON DEATH ROW
according to news in the Jerusalem Post the President of the Palestinian Authority Abu Mazen has authorized the execution of three Palestinians sentenced to death for having collaborated with Israel.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2005BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
a number of eminent personalities, including writer John le Carre, linguist Noam Chomsky...
a number of eminent personalities, including writer John le Carre, linguist Noam Chomsky...
- FEBRUARY 16, 2005Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas ratified death sentences against three Palestinians
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas ratified death sentences against three Palestinians
- JANUARY 24, 2005BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgarian parliament speaker Ognian Guerdjikov called on...
Bulgarian parliament speaker Ognian Guerdjikov called on European Union legislatures to help save five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya in a scandal over AIDS-tainted blood.
- JANUARY 17, 2005LibyaDEATH PENALTY
five Bulgarian nurses on death row in Libya in a controversial AIDS case demanded...
five Bulgarian nurses on death row in Libya in a controversial AIDS case demanded...
- JANUARY 14, 2005BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
the European Commission renewed a call for Libya...
the European Commission renewed a call for Libya to act to secure the release of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to death in an AIDS-tainted blood scandal
- DECEMBER 5, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Libya said that it could review death sentences...
Libya said that it could review death sentences...
- NOVEMBER 29, 2004Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
two Palestinians, Mohammed Abu Ganas, 53, and Rami, 22, father and son, were convicted
two Palestinians, Mohammed Abu Ganas, 53, and Rami, 22, father and son, were convicted
- NOVEMBER 27, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
French President Jacques Chirac spoke out on behalf of...
French President Jacques Chirac spoke out on behalf of...
- OCTOBER 22, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
European Commission President Romano Prodi said that...
European Commission President Romano Prodi said that...
- OCTOBER 20, 2004Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The Gaza court of first instance sentenced Yousef Hasan...
The Gaza court of first instance sentenced Yousef Hasan Abdullah Al-Sinwar, from Khan Younis district, to death, after finding him guilty of collaborating with a Zionist security apparatus in liquidating three Palestinian resistance fighters and wounding
- JULY 5, 2004Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The parliamentary wing of the Organisation for Security...
The parliamentary wing of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), a pan-European security body, urged Libya not to execute six foreign medical workers convicted of infecting children with AIDS
- JUNE 21, 2004Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) would take a many-sided approach to Libya to support the Bulgarian medical workers unfairly convicted in that country, PACE President Peter Schieder said referring to the case of five Bulgarian nu
- JUNE 5, 2004Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he planned to...
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he planned to contact the Libyan government "at a high level" about the death sentences for five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the AIDS virus
- MAY 18, 2004Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The EU chief executive reiterated a call to Libya to...
The EU chief executive reiterated a call to Libya to release five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor it has sentenced to death for allegedly infecting hundreds of children with the virus that causes AIDS
- MAY 6, 2004Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Libyan court sentenced 5 Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian...
A Libyan court sentenced 5 Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor to death by firing squad for deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the deadly HIV virus, court officials said
- MAY 6, 2004Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The EU condemned death sentences handed in Libya to...
The EU condemned death sentences handed in Libya to five Bulgarian health workers and a Palestinian doctor for spreading AIDS, saying they cast a "shadow" over improving ties with Tripoli
- APRIL 13, 2004Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Three young Palestinian men found guilty of the gang...
Three young Palestinian men found guilty of the gang rape and murder of a 15-year-old schoolgirl in the Gaza Strip were sentenced to death
- APRIL 12, 2004Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
In Palestinian areas three types of legislation are applied.
In Palestinian areas three types of legislation are applied.