Qatar
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist de facto
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Murder, offenses against the State and drug offenses...
- News items in the archive
- 105
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Qatar is classified as Abolitionist de facto 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 105 news items on Qatar, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- FEBRUARY 13, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTY
QATAR RELEASES FORMER INDIAN NAVY OFFICERS AFTER DROPPING DEATH SENTENCES
Qatar has released eight former Indian naval officers previously sentenced to death on charges of spying for Israel.
- DECEMBER 29, 2023QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF 8 INDIAN NAVY VETERANS
A Qatar court has reduced sentences for eight former Indian Navy personnel involved in an alleged espionage case, India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on December 28, 2023.
OCTOBER 28, 2023QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR: 8 INDIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH ON CHARGES OF SPYING FOR ISRAEL
Qatar sentenced eight Indian former naval officers to death on October 26, 2023 after finding them guilty of spying for Israel on the Gulf state’s submarine programme.
DECEMBER 9, 2020QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING ELDERLY PERSON
The Doha Court of Appeal has sentenced two residents to death for killing an elderly man with a knife after tying him with a rope and mutilating his corpse, The Doha Globe reported on 8 December 2020.
NOVEMBER 1, 2020QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR: 4 KERALITES SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING YEMENI TRADER
Four Keralites on 28 October 2020 were sentenced to death by a Qatari Criminal court in Doha after being convicted of murdering a Yemeni gold merchant, local media has reported.
MAY 25, 2020QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR: NEPALI MAN SHOT TO DEATH AS PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER
Qatar has executed a Nepali migrant worker named Anil Chaudhary from Mahottari district, The Himalayan Times reported on 21 May 2020.
- JANUARY 1, 2020QatarDEATH PENALTY
Since March 2013, after ten consecutive years without executions...
Since March 2013, after ten consecutive years without executions...
JANUARY 10, 2019QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR: TWO ASIAN MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING EMPLOYER
A Doha Criminal Court on 2 January 2019 sentenced two Asian men to death for the premeditated murder of their employer, and a third man to six months in jail for being aware of the crime and not reporting it.
- JANUARY 1, 2019QatarDEATH PENALTY
Since March 2013, after ten consecutive years without executions...
Since March 2013, after ten consecutive years without executions...
JUNE 4, 2018QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR: NEPALI MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING QATARI NATIONAL
A court in Qatar has sentenced death penalty to a Nepali man by a firing squad for murdering a Qatari national Umair Mohammed Umair Al Ramzani Al-Nauimi.
- JANUARY 1, 2018QatarDEATH PENALTY
Since March 2013, after ten consecutive years without executions...
Since March 2013, after ten consecutive years without executions...
- APRIL 30, 2017QatarDEATH PENALTY
Qatar upholds rare death sentence in UK teacher's murder
30 April 2017: a Doha court upheld the death penalty in the retrial of a Qatari man convicted of murdering a 24-year-old British female teacher on Sunday, in a killing that has gripped the Gulf country.
APRIL 14, 2017QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR: FILIPINO CONVICTED OF SPYING SPARED FROM GALLOWS
A Filipino convicted of espionage in Qatar had been spared from the gallows when the death sentence meted to him was commuted to life imprisonment, Philippine Ambassador to Qatar Alan Timbayan stated.
- JANUARY 2, 2017QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR: DEATH PENALTY CONFIRMED FOR TWO FROM TAMIL NADU
The highest court of Qatar upheld death penalties awarded to two labourers from Tamil Nadu and
- JANUARY 1, 2017QatarDEATH PENALTY
Since March 2013, after ten consecutive years without executions...
Since March 2013, after ten consecutive years without executions...
DECEMBER 30, 2016QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR: DRUGS GANG LEADER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Doha Criminal Court has convicted five expatriate men for engaging in illicit drugs smuggling and sentenced their leader to death by hanging.
JULY 19, 2016QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR: DEATH SENTENCE FOR TWO INDIANS IN WOMAN'S MURDER CASE UPHELD
A Doha appeals court has upheld the death sentence given to two Indian men by the trial court for the
- APRIL 14, 2016QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR: ASIAN CONVICT TO BE EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
The Court of Appeal has ordered the execution of an Asian expatriate by firing squad in Qatar for
MARCH 1, 2016QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR: NATIONAL SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING HIS FATHER
A court sentenced a Qatari national to death by firing squad after he was found guilty of murdering his father.
- JANUARY 1, 2016QatarDEATH PENALTY
Since March 2013, after ten consecutive years without executions...
Since March 2013, after ten consecutive years without executions...
APRIL 9, 2015NepalDEATH PENALTYQATAR: COURT ANNOUNCED DEATH PENALTY TO KUSHAL KARKI
The Appellate Court of Qatar has declared the death penalty in the case of Nepali migrant worker Kushal Karki, hailing from Pauwagadha-1 in Syangja.
- JANUARY 1, 2015QatarDEATH PENALTY
Since March 2013, after ten consecutive years without executions...
Since March 2013, after ten consecutive years without executions...
- NOVEMBER 30, 2014QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR: EXPAT SENTENCED TO DEATH BY FIRING SQUAD
A criminal court convicted a young Asian of killing an elderly Qatari woman in her home some months ago
- MAY 22, 2014QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR: FILIPINO MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ESPIONAGE
A Doha Criminal Court has sentenced a Filipino man to death and two of his compatriots to life
- MARCH 27, 2014QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF YOUNG BRITISH TEACHER
A man has been sentenced to death for the murder of a Kent teacher whose badly-burned body was found
- MARCH 24, 2014QatarDEATH PENALTY
a man has been sentenced to death in Qatar and a fine of QR500,000 (10.000 €) for smuggling some
a man has been sentenced to death in Qatar and a fine of QR500,000 (10.000 €) for smuggling some
- JANUARY 1, 2014QatarDEATH PENALTY
Since March 2013, after ten consecutive years without executions...
Since March 2013, after ten consecutive years without executions...
- AUGUST 11, 2013QatarDEATH PENALTY
a lower criminal court, in Qatar, has handed out the death sentence
a lower criminal court, in Qatar, has handed out the death sentence
MARCH 14, 2013QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR: DRUG TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO DEATH
In Qatar, a bench of the Doha Criminal Court has unanimously sentenced a drug trafficker to death
- JANUARY 14, 2013Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
QATAR: SRI LANKAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A Sri Lankan has been sentenced to death by a court in Qatar after he was found guilty of