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 6, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. DEATH SENTENCE FOR ROAD RAGE KILLER
Abu Dhabi Criminal Court, sentenced the 25-year-old Emirati to death after finding him guilty of murdering 52-year-old Munir Ahmed, in a road rage incident.
- JANUARY 6, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
a man sentenced to death last July for luring a woman
a man sentenced to death last July for luring a woman
- JANUARY 3, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: MULE’S DEATH PENALTY COMMUTED TO JAIL TERM
The Abu Dhabi court of appeal has commuted the death sentence that was handed
- JANUARY 1, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is rarely applied in the UAE...
The death penalty is rarely applied in the UAE...
- DECEMBER 24, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
Three men were sentenced to death, in the United Arab Emirates...
Three men were sentenced to death, in the United Arab Emirates...
- DECEMBER 19, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
the Appeals Court in the United Arab Emirates...
the Appeals Court in the United Arab Emirates...
- DECEMBER 6, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: MAN EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD IN ABU DHABI FOR MURDER
A man was executed by firing squad in Abu Dhabi after being convicted of murdering an
- NOVEMBER 21, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
three drug smugglers who stored 53 kilograms of hashish in a Dubai
three drug smugglers who stored 53 kilograms of hashish in a Dubai
NOVEMBER 9, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: DEATH ROW DUO PARDONED BY VICTIM’S FAMILY
Two prisoners at Dubai Central Jail who are on death row for a murder they committed in
- OCTOBER 16, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
ABU DHABI: DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO DEATH
In UAE, an Abu Dhabi criminal court sentenced an Asian man to death after he was
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: TOP COURT TWICE REJECTS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLER
The UAE’s top court has twice rejected a death sentence issued by several other courts against
- AUGUST 14, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
a man who swallowed 80 capsules of heroin to smuggle
a man who swallowed 80 capsules of heroin to smuggle
- AUGUST 9, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
the Khorfakkan Court of Appeal upheld a lower court’s verdict
the Khorfakkan Court of Appeal upheld a lower court’s verdict
- JULY 30, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: HEROIN SMUGGLER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A man who swallowed 103 capsules of heroin so he could smuggle the drug into the UAE faces execution
- JULY 10, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: MAN GETS DEATH FOR ‘NINJA KILLING’
An Emirati was awarded death penalty by the Fujairah Criminal Court of First
- JUNE 25, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DEATH SENTENCE FOR SELLING POT
The Foreign Office confirmed a young British man was sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates
- JUNE 20, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: MAN SENTENCED TO EXECUTION BY FIRING SQUAD IN RAS AL KHAIMAH
In the UAE, a Ras Al Khaimah criminal court sentenced an Asian man to death by firing
- JUNE 19, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: BANI YAS COP-SHOOTING GUNMEN GET DEATH SENTENCE
An Abu Dhabi court sentenced to death two drug dealers who shot and wounded undercover
- MAY 30, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DEATH SENTENCE OF MURDERER UPHELD
The Fujairah Court of Appeal has upheld the death sentence of an Emirati for stabbing an Arab
MAY 29, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: FIRING SQUAD FOR MAID WHO KILLED MOTHER AND TODDLER
A maid who killed her employer and the woman's two-year-old child will face a firing squad
- MAY 13, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: RELATIVES DIVIDED OVER BLOOD MONEY OR DEATH
In UAE, the relatives of a man beaten to death in a bootlegging brawl are
- MAY 8, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: TWO GET DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
In UAE, one Emirati and an Iranian were sentenced to capital punishment by the Dibba
- MAY 6, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: ABU DHABI STUDENT TO BE EXECUTED FOR MURDER
In UAE, an Abu Dhabi college student is to be executed for murdering his friend after the emirate’s
- MAY 5, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF PINAY'S RAPIST-KILLERS
two Emirati rapist-murderers of a Filipina housemaid in the United Arab Emirates were
- APRIL 30, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR PROSTITUTE MURDERERS
In Dubai, two men handed the death penalty for the murder of a prostitute failed in their bid
- MARCH 27, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
In the UAE, the Fujairah Court of Appeal upheld the verdict of the Court of First Instance
- MARCH 26, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
a driver will be executed after Dubai's highest court confirmed...
a driver will be executed after Dubai's highest court confirmed...
- MARCH 14, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
the UAE’s top court annulled death sentences against eight...
the UAE’s top court annulled death sentences against eight Asian men convicted of smuggling a large amount of drugs into the country, newspapers reported.
- FEBRUARY 21, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DEATH SENTENCE FOR HUSBAND WHO KILLED PROSTITUTE
The Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance convicted AK, a 29-year-old worker from Pakistan
- FEBRUARY 5, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: MURDERERS SPARED THE DEATH SENTENCE
two murderers were spared execution in UAE when a court commuted their death