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 1, 2014United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is rarely applied in the UAE...
The death penalty is rarely applied in the UAE...
- DECEMBER 14, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: ON DEATH ROW, NEPALI MAN GETS CLEMENCY
A Nepali migrant worker, who was sentenced to death by a court in the United Arab Emirates on
- NOVEMBER 28, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: TWO EMIRATI KILLERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN RAS AL KHAIMAH
In the UAE, a Criminal court in Ras Al Khaimah sentenced two Emirati men to death after they were
- NOVEMBER 25, 2013BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a pair of murderers who beat a man to death with an iron bar
a pair of murderers who beat a man to death with an iron bar
- OCTOBER 20, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: EXPAT MEN DEATH SENTENCED TO 15 YRS JAIL, DEPORTATION
The Criminal Court of Appeals overturned the verdict of a lower court that sentenced an expatriate
OCTOBER 3, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: CHLOROFORM KILLER SPARED DEATH PENALTY AS VICTIM'S FAMILY CANNOT BE FOUND
A murderer cannot face the death penalty in UAE because the courts are unable to find his victim's
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAID WHO KILLED BABY TO SPITE NANNY
A maid who murdered a baby to spite the child’s nanny has been sentenced to death in the UAE.
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: TOP COURT OVERTURNS DEATH VERDICT ON 10 DRUG DEALERS
The UAE’s top court has annulled death sentences against 10 Pakistani drug dealers and reduced
- JULY 29, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DUBAI JANITOR RAPIST GETS DEATH PENALTY
A UAE court sentenced to death a 57-year-old Indian man convicted of raping a seven
- JULY 24, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: NEPALI GETS DEATH FOR MURDER
A lower court in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates has sentenced a Nepali migrant
- JUNE 9, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
the Dubai Appellate Court commuted the death sentence
the Dubai Appellate Court commuted the death sentence
- MAY 28, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: MAN TO DIE FOR MURDERING HOUSEWIFE IN BUR DUBAI
An accountant, who slit the throat of a compatriot housewife in her flat after persuading her to let him in by asking for a glass of water, has been sentenced to death in the UAE
- MAY 23, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: 3 BROTHERS GET DEATH FOR MURDER
The three brothers who were convicted of killing two Omani nationals in Al Ain city
- APRIL 25, 2013BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a criminal court in Ras Al Khaimah...
a criminal court in Ras Al Khaimah...
- APRIL 14, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: FATHER OF DEAD SON WANTS KILLER DRIVER TO PAY WITH HIS LIFE
A dad is refusing to accept blood money from the driver involved in a crash that killed his son
- APRIL 10, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
the Fujairah Criminal Court sentenced a UAE national...
the Fujairah Criminal Court sentenced a UAE national...
- APRIL 8, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
an appeal court in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates...
an appeal court in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates...
- MARCH 28, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE FREES UKRAINIAN CITIZEN SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Sharia Court of Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) released a Ukrainian citizen convicted
- MARCH 27, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DUBAI COURT GIVES DEATH SENTENCE
A housemaid who stabbed a co-worker to death with a kitchen knife in an unexplained
MARCH 25, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: MAN WHO MURDERED PREGNANT WIFE HAS DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
A man sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates for murdering his wife had his sentence
MARCH 23, 2013ComorosDEATH PENALTYDUBAI: COURT OVERTURNS DRIVER’S DEATH PENALTY
A court in Dubai overturned a driver’s death penalty and acquitted him of killing
MARCH 20, 2013BangladeshDEATH PENALTYUAE: MAID, LOVER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
The UAE’s top court sentenced a Bangladeshi housemaid and her lover to death after they
- MARCH 13, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: BRITON AND SYRIAN ON DEATH ROW ESCAPE EXECUTION AS SENTENCE COMMUTED
Two men sentenced to death for drug dealing had their sentence commuted to four years
- FEBRUARY 26, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
the Fujairah Court of Appeals, United Arab Emirates...
the Fujairah Court of Appeals, United Arab Emirates...
- FEBRUARY 19, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
the Supreme Federal Court, in the United Arab Emirates...
the Supreme Federal Court, in the United Arab Emirates...
- FEBRUARY 13, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: TORTURE DAD SENTENCED TO DEATH, GIRLFRIEND GETS LIFE IN PRISON
Dubai criminal court has sentenced the Emirati torture dad to death while his girlfriend was given life in
FEBRUARY 11, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: 17 INDIANS ON DEATH ROW PAY BLOOD MONEY, FREED
Seventeen Indians, who had been on death row in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the murder
FEBRUARY 10, 2013ComorosDEATH PENALTYUAE: DRIVER GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR SMOTHERING ELDERLY DONOR
A Comorian driver who smothered an elderly female benefactor during a fierce theft attempt ten years ago was sentenced to death in Dubai.
- JANUARY 28, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: FAMILY PARDON SAVES KILLER
A man who killed his colleague and was sentenced to death, had his capital punishment
- JANUARY 16, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: 17 INDIANS AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE TO BE RELEASED
Decks have finally been cleared in United Arab Emirates for the release of 17 Indians