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
- MARCH 27, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
MAN IN DRUG HAUL ATTEMPT GETS DEATH
a court in Doha, Qatar, sentenced an Iranian man to death after he was found guilty of attempting to smuggle drugs into the country.
- JANUARY 29, 2008QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR. APPEAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY VERDICT
in Qatar, a Doha appeal court upheld the death penalty against
- JANUARY 1, 2008QatarDEATH PENALTY
Murder, offences against the State, drug offences and terrorism are capital crimes.
Murder, offences against the State, drug offences and terrorism are capital crimes.
- DECEMBER 19, 2007QatarDEATH PENALTY
MIDDLE EAST. ARAB PRESS IGNORES UN VOTE AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
the Arab press largely ignored the news on the UN General Assembly's non-
- DECEMBER 18, 2007QatarDEATH PENALTY
Qatar voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Qatar voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- NOVEMBER 12, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
NAPOLITANO: DEATH PENALTY DISCUSSED WITH QATAR EMIR
Italian president Giorgio Napolitano raised the issue of a Moratorium on the death penalty in his meeting with the emir of Qatar Al-Thani, at the head of a country whose legislation still includes the death penalty.
- JUNE 28, 2007QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR: MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Doha court sentenced a Qatari national (32) to death by hanging or firing squad after being convicted of killing a compatriot in January last year.
- MAY 7, 2007QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR APPEAL COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF THREE IRANIANS
an appeals court in Doha, Qatar, commuted the death sentences issued to three Iranians to life sentences
- MAY 1, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
QATARI TO BE EXECUTED FOR RAPING TEENAGE DAUGHTER
in the United Arab Emirates, a Qatari man has been sentenced to death by firing squad for raping his teenage daughter, local newspapers reported.
- APRIL 22, 2007QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR DOHA COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE
in Qatar, a Doha court of appeal commuted the death penalty of a Philippine expatriate convicted of murder to 10 years in jail.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2007QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR. 1994 SHARIAH COURT DEATH VERDICT TO BE CARRIED OUT
a Doha criminal court, in Qatar, ordered to carry out a death sentence that was issued by a Shariah court against a Yemeni man some 13 years ago.
- JANUARY 30, 2007Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
5 SENTECED TO DEATH IN QATAR
five Sri Lankan men were sentenced to death, including one in absentia, as they were found guilty of killing a compatriot in Doha last February.
- JANUARY 1, 2007QatarDEATH PENALTY
Murder, offences against the State, drug offences and terrorism are capital crimes.
Murder, offences against the State, drug offences and terrorism are capital crimes.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2006NepalDEATH PENALTY
QATAR. THREE FOREIGN NATIONALS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a criminal court in Doha, capital of Qatar, sentenced two Nepalese and an Indian to death after they were found guilty of forcing an Indonesian maid into prostitution and killing her. A fourth man of Nepalese nationality was sentenced to imprisonment for
- JUNE 7, 2006QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR. FILIPINO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING COMPATRIOT
a Qatari judge sentenced a Filipino worker to death for the 2004 knife slaying of a compatriot in Doha.
- JUNE 6, 2006QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR. MEN CONVICTED OF RAPE ESCAPE DEATH PENALTY
three Qataris and an Egyptian escaped a death sentence for raping a Qatari woman and were instead jailed for life. A Qatari criminal court found the four guilty of abducting and raping a 22-year-old woman and abusing another man in November 2005.
- MAY 24, 2006QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR. DEATH PENALTY SOUGHT FOR FOUR MEN ACCUSED OF RAPE
prosecutors asked for the death penalty against four rapists, three Qataris and an Egyptian, "to serve as a lesson" for those who plan to commit such crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2006QatarDEATH PENALTY
Murder, offences against the State, drug offences and terrorism are capital crimes.
Murder, offences against the State, drug offences and terrorism are capital crimes.
- APRIL 20, 2005QatarDEATH PENALTY
Qatar voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Qatar voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005QatarDEATH PENALTY
Murder, offences against the State, drug offences and terrorism are capital crimes.
Murder, offences against the State, drug offences and terrorism are capital crimes.
- JUNE 30, 2004QatarDEATH PENALTY
Two Russian men were sentenced to life in prison on...
Two Russian men were sentenced to life in prison on charges of complicity in the assassination of Chechen separatist Zelimkhan Yandarbiev
- JUNE 8, 2004QatarDEATH PENALTY
Qatari prosecutors demanded the death penalty for two...
Qatari prosecutors demanded the death penalty for two Russian spies accused of killing a Chechen rebel leader
- APRIL 21, 2004QatarDEATH PENALTY
Qatar voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
Qatar voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 12, 2004QatarDEATH PENALTY
Murder, offences against the State, drug offences and terrorism are capital crimes.
Murder, offences against the State, drug offences and terrorism are capital crimes.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2004QatarDEATH PENALTY
Qatar passed its first anti-terror law, which stipulated...
Qatar passed its first anti-terror law, which stipulated the death penalty for killing "through a terror act"
- MARCH 18, 2003QatarDEATH PENALTY
Marking a visit from Jordan's king, the leader of Qatar...
Marking a visit from Jordan's king, the leader of Qatar pardoned a Jordanian journalist who had been convicted of spying and sentenced to death, according to the official Qatari official news agency
- MARCH 11, 2003QatarDEATH PENALTY
Indian national Arun Abraham, sentenced to death by...
Indian national Arun Abraham, sentenced to death by Qatar's Sharia court for killing his Indian colleague, was executed by firing squad in Doha's central prison
- FEBRUARY 24, 2003QatarDEATH PENALTY
A Qatari appeals court upheld the death sentence imposed...
A Qatari appeals court upheld the death sentence imposed on a Jordanian journalist convicted of spying
- JANUARY 6, 2003QatarDEATH PENALTY
Qatar's appeal court postponed judgement on a death...
Qatar's appeal court postponed judgement on a death sentence handed down against a Jordanian journalist for spying, but lawyers expressed optimism that it would be quashed
- JANUARY 1, 2003QatarDEATH PENALTY
Murder, offenses against the State and drug offenses...
Murder, offenses against the State and drug offenses are capital crimes