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.
Latest news
- JANUARY 27, 2009United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
DUBAI COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR KILLING SECURITY GUARD
the Court of First Instance in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, sentenced a Pakistani to death
- JANUARY 1, 2009United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes under the constitution are: murder, rape...
Capital crimes under the constitution are: murder, rape...
- DECEMBER 2, 2008United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE EXTRADITES IRANIAN FUGITIVE ON DEATH SENTENCE TO KUWAIT
the security authorities in the United Arab Emirates handed over to the Kuwaiti authorities an Iranian man who had earlier been sentenced to death by hanging, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily.
- JULY 29, 2008United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: TWO INDIAN MEN SPARED DEATH ROW IN SHARJAH
in a major reprieve in the United Arab Emirates, a Sharjah court pardoned two Indian migrant workers.
- MAY 30, 2008United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE. FORMER INMATE SAVES TWO FRIENDS FROM DEATH ROW
an Indian and a Sri Lankan were saved from death row in the United Arab Emirates by
- MAY 27, 2008United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE. FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a woman, her boyfriend and his two friends were sentenced to dea
- MAY 27, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
UAE: BANGLADESHI WHO AXED INDIAN TO DEATH GETS DEATH PENALTY
a Bangladeshi farm worker who axed his Indian colleague to death in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates...
- MARCH 31, 2008United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
EMIRATI SAVES TWO PRISONERS FROM CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
an Emirati man's charity gave a new lease on life to two prisoners sentenced to
- FEBRUARY 24, 2008United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE. MAN EXECUTED FOR DOUBLE MURDER
an Emirati man was executed by firing squad after being convicted
- JANUARY 1, 2008United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes under the constitution are: murder, rape...
Capital crimes under the constitution are: murder, rape...
- DECEMBER 18, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
United Arab Emirates abstained on the Resolution...
United Arab Emirates abstained on the Resolution...
- DECEMBER 9, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
the Appeal Court in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, upheld the death sentence against an American who murdered a German engineer last year, a legal source told Gulf News.
- DECEMBER 5, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF FAMILY
a death sentence handed down to an Emirati for murdering two of his relatives in a land dispute was confirmed by the Ras Al Khaimah Appeal Court in the United Arab Emirates.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
TWO FROM ANDHRA PRADESH SENTENCED TO DEATH IN UAE
TWO FROM ANDHRA PRADESH SENTENCED TO DEATH IN UAE
- NOVEMBER 13, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
MAN RECEIVES DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDERING HIS MOTHER
the Criminal Court in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates...
- NOVEMBER 6, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE. AMERICAN’S DEATH PENALTY UNDER REVIEW
the Appeal Court in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, is reviewing the death sentence against an American for killing a German businessman and dumping his body in the desert.
- OCTOBER 22, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE. AMERICAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SHARJAH
the Sharia Court of First Instance in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates...
- AUGUST 26, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: TAXI DRIVER'S DEATH PENALTY COMMUTED TO 5 YEARS IN JAIL
a taxi driver death's sentence was commuted to five years by the Appeal Court of the United Arab Emirates.
- AUGUST 26, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DEATH APPEAL POSTPONED BY LAWYER'S ABSENCE
the appeal of a man in Ras Al Khaimah, in the United Arab Emirates, who was sentenced to death for two murders and refuses to appeal against the verdict, has been postponed due to the absence of his lawyer who failed to win his client's cooperation.
- JUNE 4, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE WINS REPRIEVE ON APPEAL
a 25 year old man in the United Arab Emirates who raped
- MAY 23, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
a man who beat his wife to death has had his death penalty commuted...
a man who beat his wife to death has had his death penalty commuted...
- MAY 22, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
INDIAN ON DEATH ROW IN UAE PARDONED
an Indian who was sentenced to death by the UAE Supreme Court for murdering a girl has been pardoned by the victim's parents
- 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 25, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES TWO MEN FACING DEATH PENALTY WIN RETRIAL
in the United Arab Emirates, two men facing the death penalty for killing a man have won a retrial.
- APRIL 13, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
MAN FACES DEATH OVER SEX WITH FOUR STEPDAUGHTERS
a Pakistani man faces death by stoning in the United Arab Emirates for committing adultery with four of his stepdaughters, a local newspaper reported.
- MARCH 31, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE WOMAN APPEALS AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
a woman who persuaded her lover and his two friends to kill her abusive husband has appealed the death penalty, according to court records.
- MARCH 6, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE. PAKISTANI MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SHARJAH
the United Arab Emirates Appeal Court upheld the death sentence against a 22 year old Pakistani man,
- FEBRUARY 15, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE. IRANIAN MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR SMUGGLING 282KG OF HASHISH
a 45 year old Iranian man, identified as Jamshid T., was sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates by
- JANUARY 31, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
DEATH BY STONING CASE GOES TO UAE SUPREME COURT
the UAE Federal Supreme Court is looking into the case of a Pakistani man, identified as A., in his fifties, who was found guilty of having illicit affairs with his four stepdaughters and sentenced to death by stoning.
- JANUARY 1, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes under the constitution are: murder, rape...
Capital crimes under the constitution are: murder, rape...