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
- 451
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 451 news items on Thailand, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
JULY 9, 2015ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND 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.
- JANUARY 1, 2015ThailandDEATH 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 22, 2014ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: MINISTRY OF JUSTICE LOOKS TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
a senior official said Thailand may abolish the death penalty in the near future.
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR TRAIN RAPE, MURDER
A former railway worker in Thailand was sentenced to death for raping a 13-year-old girl on an overnight
MAY 12, 2014ThailandDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: THAI DIVORCEE ‘SMILES’ AFTER GETTING DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A Thai divorcee was sentenced to death by the Alor Setar High Court in Malaysia for trafficking 23,123
APRIL 4, 2014VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: SUPREME PEOPLE’S COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE TO THAI DRUG MULE
The Supreme People’s Court, Vietnam’s highest court, upheld the death sentence to a Thai woman for
MARCH 3, 2014ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: SWEDE'S DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED TO LIFE FOR PHUKET MURDER
Swede Tommy Viktor Soderlund was sentenced to death for murder before a Phuket judge commuted the
- JANUARY 1, 2014ThailandDEATH 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 26, 2013ThailandDEATH PENALTY
the Appeals Court upheld a death sentence for former Muang Ratchaburi municipal councillor Ananthasak
the Appeals Court upheld a death sentence for former Muang Ratchaburi municipal councillor Ananthasak
- NOVEMBER 25, 2013MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THAI WOMAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A 36-year-old Thai woman was sent to the gallows at High Court in Alor Setar, Malaysia
- OCTOBER 15, 2013ThailandDEATH PENALTY
the Supreme Court upheld the lower courts' death sentence for a Yao tribesman extradited from China for
the Supreme Court upheld the lower courts' death sentence for a Yao tribesman extradited from China for
- AUGUST 21, 2013VietnamDEATH PENALTY
a Thai drug smuggler has been sentenced to death in Vietnam
a Thai drug smuggler has been sentenced to death in Vietnam
- AUGUST 16, 2013ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Thailand's Court of Appeals has sentenced two Thai army colonels
Thailand's Court of Appeals has sentenced two Thai army colonels
- JULY 2, 2013MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
a single mother from Thailand was sentenced to death
a single mother from Thailand was sentenced to death
MAY 12, 2013ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: SHACKLES OFF ON BANG KWANG DEATH ROW
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been invited to preside over a ceremony
- JANUARY 7, 2013ThailandDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TWO FISHERMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING IN CANNABIS
Two fishermen, one of them a Thai national, were sentenced to death by the High Court
- JANUARY 1, 2013ThailandDEATH 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 25, 2012ThailandDEATH PENALTY
the Supreme Court, in Thailandia, upheld the sentencing of two lower courts...
the Supreme Court, in Thailandia, upheld the sentencing of two lower courts...
- OCTOBER 3, 2012ThailandDEATH PENALTY
an appeals court in Ho Chi Minh City upheld a death sentence...
an appeals court in Ho Chi Minh City upheld a death sentence...
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2012ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR EX-MP
In Thailand, the Supreme Court upheld the Appeals Court's death sentence for
- AUGUST 15, 2012ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thai Criminal Court sentenced a former
The Thai Criminal Court sentenced a former
- AUGUST 11, 2012ThailandDEATH PENALTY
58 prisoners condemned to death had their sentences commuted by a Royal Pardon
58 prisoners condemned to death had their sentences commuted by a Royal Pardon
- AUGUST 8, 2012ThailandDEATH PENALTY
the Rights and Liberties Protection Department
the Rights and Liberties Protection Department
JULY 30, 2012ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: DEATH SENTENCE FOR 3 EX-COPS
In Thailand, the Criminal Court handed down the death sentence for three former
- JULY 4, 2012MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysia’s High Court sentenced a Thai woman to be executed by hanging
Malaysia’s High Court sentenced a Thai woman to be executed by hanging
- JUNE 26, 2012VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: THAI GIRL GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUGS
A court in Ho Chi Minh City sentenced a Thai college student to death for her role in a
- MAY 29, 2012ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Bangkok's Ratchadaphisek Criminal Court sentenced a man...
Bangkok's Ratchadaphisek Criminal Court sentenced a man...
MARCH 22, 2012ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: CHALERM PUSHES FOR EARLY EXECUTION OF DRUG CONVICTS
In Thailand, Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Ubumrung vowed to push for law amendments to have drug convicts executed 15 days after the Appeal Court's verdict upholds the death sentence.
- MARCH 8, 2012ThailandDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: 3 THAI NATIONALS, MALAYSIAN TO HANG FOR FIREARMS, BULLETS POSSESSION
Three Thai nationals and a Malaysian man were sentenced to death by the High Court
- MARCH 6, 2012ThailandDEATH PENALTY
in its response to the recommendations received on 5 October 2011 under...
in its response to the recommendations received on 5 October 2011 under...