Thailand
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 · The Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or...
- News items in the archive
- 448
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Thailand 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 448 news items on Thailand, from 1999 to today.
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SEPTEMBER 3, 2019ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH FOR 2 MYANMAR MEN IN BRITISH MURDERS
Thailand's Supreme Court on 29 August 2019 upheld the conviction of two Myanmar migrants sentenced to death for the murder of two British backpackers on a resort island in 2014.
AUGUST 6, 2019ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2015 MURDER OF JAPANESE PARTNER
The Supreme Court has sentenced a woman to death over the 2015 murder of her elderly Japanese partner, a member of the prosecution said on 6 August 2019.
JULY 15, 2019ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: DEATH SENTENCE FOR SEVENTH MAN IN WORAYUTH FAMILY SLAUGHTER
A seventh defendant in the murder almost exactly two years ago of a family of eight in southern Krabi province was sentenced to death on 9 July 2019, while the same sentence was upheld for the mastermind behind the crime and for five accomplices.
- JULY 12, 2019ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: MURDERER IS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING A GERMAN BACKPACKER
A Thai man who raped and murdered a German backpacker was sentenced to death on 10 July 2019.
- JUNE 4, 2019ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: 3 MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING BRITISH MAN AND WIFE
Three men in northern Thailand were found guilty on 31 May 2019 of murdering a British expat and his Thai wife and sentenced to death.
MARCH 11, 2019ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: GUNMAN IN 2017 DEALERSHIP RAID SENTENCED TO DIE
One of several gunmen accused of stealing pickup trucks at gunpoint and killing a hostage was sentenced to death on 12 February 2019 by a southern court.
- JANUARY 28, 2019ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: WOMAN WHO LAUNDERED DRUG MONEY GETS DEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court has handed down a death sentence to a Myanmar woman for laundering dirty money and her connection with the methamphetamine trade, thephuketnews.com reported on 26 January 2019.
- JANUARY 1, 2019ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Under the Penal Code alone, the death sentence can be applied to 35 crimes
Under the Penal Code alone, the death sentence can be applied to 35 crimes
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: PATTANI COURT SENTENCES DUO TO DEATH OVER BIG C BOMBING
The Pattani Provincial Court on September 19, 2018 sentenced Su-ai-mee Sama-ae and Sama-ae Mamah to death for their role in the 2017 Big C department store bomb attack.
JULY 13, 2018ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: SPANIARD DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD
The Appeals Court upheld the death sentence for a Spanish man, Artur Segarra Princep,
JUNE 24, 2018ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: MAJORITY SUPPORT DEATH PENALTY
A large majority of Thai people support the death penalty under the Criminal Code, according to the result of an opinion survey by Super Poll, a pollster of a foundation for happiness and leadership research.
- JUNE 19, 2018ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND EXECUTES FIRST PRISONER BY LETHAL INJECTION SINCE 2009
Thailand has executed its first prisoner since 2009, the Department of Corrections said
APRIL 30, 2018ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: 6 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2016 MARKET BOMBING IN DEEP SOUTH
A court in Thailand’s Deep South sentenced six men to death for their roles in an October 2016 bombing that killed a woman and injured 21 other people at a local night market.
- MARCH 28, 2018ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: SIX GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR FAMILY MASSACRE
Six men were sentenced to death for the massacre of a Thai village headman and seven members of his family, including three children, over a land dispute.
- JANUARY 1, 2018ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Under the Penal Code alone, the death sentence can be applied to 35 crimes
Under the Penal Code alone, the death sentence can be applied to 35 crimes
- OCTOBER 17, 2017ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND MOVES TOWARDS ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
As many as 447 convicts are now on death row in Thailand, which is reviewing the use of the death penalty.
- MAY 31, 2017ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: 2 MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OVER IPHONE 7
A Thai court sentenced two men to death for murdering another Thai man over his iPhone 7, a court official told dpa.
MARCH 1, 2017ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR KOH TAO MURDERS
The Appeals Court announced its decision to uphold the death sentences for two migrant workers - Zaw
FEBRUARY 7, 2017ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: AUSTRALIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
Australian man Antonio Bagnato has been found guilty and sentenced to death by a Thai court for his role in
- JANUARY 1, 2017ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Under the Penal Code alone, the death sentence can be applied to 35 crimes
Under the Penal Code alone, the death sentence can be applied to 35 crimes
DECEMBER 25, 2016ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: PHUKET PRISONERS RELEASED ON ROYAL PARDON
The first batch of prisoners was released from Phuket Prison in the morning, following the announcement of a Royal pardon earlier this month to commemorate the start of the reign of King Rama X.
DECEMBER 12, 2016ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: NEW KING PARDONS MINOR OFFENDERS, CUTS JAIL TERMS
Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has issued a decree granting pardons to certain prisoners in commemoration of his accession to the throne.
- DECEMBER 7, 2016ThailandDEATH PENALTY
the Constitution Drafting Committee published the first draft of the Organic Act on Elections, a reform of regulations on political parties that comes under the new junta-backed constitution.
the Constitution Drafting Committee published the first draft of the Organic Act on Elections, a reform of regulations on political parties that comes under the new junta-backed constitution.
NOVEMBER 3, 2016ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STRANGLING, RAPING GIRL, 14
A 45-year-old man charged with strangling and then raping his 14-year-old neighbour was sentenced to death.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2016ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: DEATH SENTENCE FOR THREE MEN INVOLVED IN MURDER OF EX-MAYOR OF SONGKHLA MUNICIPALITY
The Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for three men found guilty of murdering the former mayor
- JANUARY 1, 2016ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Under the Penal Code alone, the death sentence can be applied to 35 crimes
Under the Penal Code alone, the death sentence can be applied to 35 crimes
DECEMBER 24, 2015ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: TWO MYANMAR MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF BRITISH BACKPACKERS
Two Myanmar migrant workers have been sentenced to death by a Thai court for the 2014 murder of two
OCTOBER 20, 2015ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD IN MURDER OF RATCHABURI MP
The Supreme Court of Thailand confirmed the death penalty for Anantasak Srisawat, alias Sor Tor Tai, for
- JULY 11, 2015ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: JUNTA ADDS DEATH PENALTY TO ANTI CORRUPTION LAW
Under the new law published in the Royal Gazette, officials of both Thailand and foreign countries who have
- JULY 9, 2015ChinaDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND CONDEMNED FOR REPATRIATION OF 109 UIGHURS TO CHINA
Thailand deported more than 100 Uighurs back to China, ignoring concerns that the ethnic minority faces persecution by the Chinese government, while protesters in Turkey, which had accepted an earlier batch of refugees, ransacked the Thai Consulate.