United Arab Emirates
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Retentionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 3
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Capital crimes are: murder, rape, treason, aggravated...
- News items in the archive
- 417
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
United Arab Emirates is classified as Retentionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 3 the year before. The archive holds 417 news items on United Arab Emirates, from 1999 to today.
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- APRIL 27, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
UAE: TWO GET DEATH FOR MURDER COMMITTED AS MINORS
in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, two men were sentenced to death
- APRIL 24, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
INDIANS ON DEATH ROW A MOCKERY OF JUSTICE: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL TO UAE
Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International's Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said in a statement that the death sentence awarded to 17 Indians in UAE was "a mockery of justice.
- APRIL 21, 2010EgyptDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING COLLEAGUE IN ROW OVER PHONE VOLUME
in the United Arab Emirates, the Sharjah Sharia Court of First Instance sentenced
- APRIL 20, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN'S DEATH SENTENCE OVERTURNED
in the United Arab Emirates, the Abu Dhabi Federal Supreme Court overturned the 2007 death sentence against American national Shahid King Poliss for murdering German businessman Martin Herbert Steiner, 48, in June 2006.
- APRIL 19, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: UAE TO EXECUTE WOMAN FOR KILLING HUSBAND
a court in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, upheld the death sentence against a United Arab Emirates woman for stabbing her husband to death seven years ago, Gulf News daily reported.
- APRIL 14, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: ANOTHER MULTIPLE DEATH VERDICT GIVEN IN SHARJAH
four United Arab Emirates nationals were sentenced to death for raping and
- APRIL 11, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: APPEAL COURT UPHOLDS CHILD KILLER'S DEATH SENTENCE
A Dubai court rejected the appeal of an Emirati man sentenced to death for raping and
- APRIL 7, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: APPEAL FILED AGAINST CAPITAL PUNISHMENT TO 17 INDIANS
an appeal was filed on behalf of 17 Indians recently sentenced to death by a Sharjah court in the United Arab Emirates for killing a Pakistani national and injuring three of his compatriots, India's Consul-General Sanjay Verma said.
- MARCH 29, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DEATH PENALTY FOR 17 INDIANS IN UAE
a court in the United Arab Emirates sentenced 17 Indian nationals to death for killing a Pakistani man after a
- MARCH 14, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: 7 INDIANS LANGUISHING IN DUBAI JAIL
seven Indians are among 24 death row convicts currently languishing in jail in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
- FEBRUARY 10, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: FIVE FACE FIRING SQUAD IN RAK FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, the Criminal Court sentenced five people to death for drug possession and trafficking through the Oman-Ras Al Khaimah border.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DUBAI MAN APPEALS DEATH SENTENCE
a 30-year-old United Arab Emirati identified as R.R., sentenced to death for murder...
- JANUARY 27, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: CHILD KILLER GETS DEATH PENALTY
Judge Fahmy Moumir Fahmy of the Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance sentenced
- JANUARY 25, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
DUBAI: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING EXECUTIVE
two Indian nationals were sentenced to death in Dubai for slashing the throat of Indian sales executive
- JANUARY 1, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes under the constitution are: murder, rape...
Capital crimes under the constitution are: murder, rape...
- DECEMBER 8, 2009United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: TWO GET DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Judge Ahmed Al Azwari of the Fujairah Shariah Criminal Court in the United Arab Emirates sentenced two men to death for drug trafficking.
- OCTOBER 26, 2009United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
SHARJAH COURT OVERTURNS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR EMIRATI FOOTBALLER
F.J., an Emirati footballer, avoided capital punishment in the United Arab Emirates after the Sharjah Appeals Court acquitted him of murdering his compatriot.
- OCTOBER 21, 2009United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH ATTEMPTS SUICIDE IN CUSTODY SALAH AL DEBERKY
an Emirati woman, 47, sentenced to death for drug trafficking attempted suicide in jail, police sources said.
- OCTOBER 20, 2009United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: TWO GET CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the Khorfakan Criminal Court in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, sentenced a UAE woman, 47, and her
- OCTOBER 20, 2009United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN GETS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
an 18-year-old Omani national was sentenced to death by a court in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, for drug possession and peddling. Posing as buyers, the Anti-Narcotics Department of the Eastern Region Police struck a deal for Dh35,000 and on May 29, 200
- OCTOBER 14, 2009United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: APPELLATE COURT VERDICT ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
the Abu Dhabi Criminal Court of Appeal will issue its verdict on October 26 on capital punishment for a 20 year old GCC national accused of fatally shooting another GCC citizen over a ‘three-way love affair’ with an Arab girl.
- AUGUST 22, 2009United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN IN ABU DHABI
a 19-year-old man, identified as AS, was sentenced to death by the Criminal Court of First Instance in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- AUGUST 2, 2009United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: COURT TO REVIEW MAN'S DEATH SENTENCE
the Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, is again reviewing the case of a Pakistani on death row for killing a young Emirati woman in Sharjah.
- JUNE 8, 2009United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BUSINESSMAN
the Sharjah Appeal Court in the United Arab Emirates upheld the death sentence of a Ukrainian man who killed his Syrian business partner in 2002 with a penknife.
- MAY 18, 2009United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: PAKISTANI’S DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD IN DUBAI
a clerk who convicted of murdering a guard and setting a showroom on fire after failing to steal Dh458,000 had his death sentence confirmed by the Dubai Court of Cassation.
- MARCH 29, 2009United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: COURT UPHOLDS FIRST DEATH SENTENCE SINCE 2005
the Dubai Court of Appeal in the United Arab Emirates upheld the death sentence of a
- MARCH 24, 2009United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE COURT CONDEMNS NATIONAL FOOTBALLER TO DEATH
A court in the United Arab Emirates condemned to death a renowned footballer and
- FEBRUARY 25, 2009EgyptDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, upheld the death sentence of Egyptian
- FEBRUARY 15, 2009United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN ON DEATH ROW FOR RAPE DEPORTED AFTER ADMITTING TO CHARGES
a man who was to be stoned to death in Ajman, United Arab Emirates, for raping his mistress's young daughters was deported, Gulf News learnt. Abdul Aziz, a Pakistani, was sentenced for repeatedly raping the four Emirati girls, who were then aged between 1
- FEBRUARY 10, 2009United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN HAS DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
a man convicted of drug-related charges had his death sentence commuted to a 14-year prison sentence and Dh10,000 fine by the Fujairah Appeals Court in the United Arab Emirates.