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 30, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: TWO AFGHAN MEN TO BE EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Two men will be executed in UAE for premeditatedly stabbing a sex worker
- JANUARY 18, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: TWO EMIRATIS GET DEATH FOR KILLING HOUSEMAID
A court in Fujairah sentenced two Emirati men to death for murdering an elderly Asian
- JANUARY 8, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
a criminal court in the eastern oasis town of Al Ain
a criminal court in the eastern oasis town of Al Ain
- JANUARY 4, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DRUG DEALER’S DEATH SENTENCE REDUCED TO LIFE
An appeal court in Ras Al Khaimah reduced a death sentence to life in
- JANUARY 1, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes under the constitution are: murder, rape...
Capital crimes under the constitution are: murder, rape...
- DECEMBER 28, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN FUJAIRAH
a criminal court in Fujairah, in the United Arab Emirates, sentenced an unidentified Asian construction worker to death.
- DECEMBER 27, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: EX-FIANCÉ KILLER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN THE UAE
a court in Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates sentenced a 25 year old Arab man, identified only as TG, to death for murdering his ex-fiance Eman, 21, and burying her body in the desert.
- DECEMBER 12, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: TWO TO BE EXECUTED IN THE UAE
in the United Arab Emirates, presiding Judge Mohammad Nabeel Riyadh of the Dubai Cassation Court upheld the death sentences of Majar Singh Gurmej and Amarjeet Singh Gursharan, aged between 20 and 30, for kidnapping, gang-raping and violently murdering two
- DECEMBER 11, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: PAIR LOSE THEIR APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
AA, 40 and IH, 30, both from Afghanistan, had their death sentences reinstated by a panel of judges, led by Chief Justice Issa Al Sharif, of the Court of Appeal in the United Arab Emirates.
- DECEMBER 1, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DEATH SENTENCE OF 2 INDIANS COMMUTED AFTER BLOOD MONEY DEAL
Two Indians, who were facing death sentence in the UAE, are set to be released this
- NOVEMBER 15, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: 10 DRUG DEALERS GET DEATH IN KHOR FAKKAN
a criminal court in Khor Fakkan, UAE, sentenced 10 men to death after they were
- NOVEMBER 4, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: FOUR WHO ESCAPED DEATH ROW RETURN HOME FROM SHARJAH
four of the seventeen Indian nationals sentenced to death in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates for murdering Pakistani national Misri Nazir Khan in 2009 arrived home following the payment of blood money.
- OCTOBER 27, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH PENALTY COMMUTED
the Appellate Court in Ras Al Khaimah, the United Arab Emirates, commuted the death sentence to three years in jail, to be followed by deportation, after the parents of the victim forgave the suspect.
- OCTOBER 19, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH PENALTY IN REFRIGERATOR TRUCK MURDER
MS, 23, a driver from Bangladesh, was sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates for locking an acquaintance in a refrigerated truck, then killing him over a financial disagreement in February 2011.
- OCTOBER 12, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in the United Arab Emirates, Emirati K.D.A., 22, was sentenced to death by the Fujairah Criminal Court for stabbing to death an Arab national following an argument during a wedding ceremony in June 2010.
- OCTOBER 11, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAID AND BOYFRIEND GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING EMPLOYER
Ahmed Saeed Al Naqabi of the Khorfakkan Criminal Court of First Instance in the United Arab Emirates sentenced an unidentified housemaid and her boyfriend, both from Bangladesh, to death for murdering the maid's Emirati employer Layla Al Gawi, 42, at her
- OCTOBER 9, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: NEW DEATH SENTENCE IN FATAL BOOTLEGGING BRAWL
in the United Arab Emirates, the Dubai Court of Appeal upheld the death penalty for MSJ, the leader of an armed alcohol bootlegging gang, and increased the sentence for his associate, AS, from life to death for kidnapping, raping and burying two men alive
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: INDIANS ON SHARJAH DEATH ROW TO WALK FREE
seventeen Indians who are on death row in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, for murdering
- AUGUST 14, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: HOUSEMAID SENTENCED TO DEATH RETURNS HOME
Sri Lankan housemaid Abdul Kareem Kanzul Maharifa
- AUGUST 6, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
MAJORITY OF UAE SUPPORTS EXECUTION
almost two-thirds of residents back the death penalty and almost three-quarters support execution for murder, a new survey suggests.
- AUGUST 4, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: RAS AL KHAIMAH KILLER HOUSEMAID TO BE EXECUTED
a criminal court in Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates sentenced Ethiopian housemaid S. Burhanu, 23, to death for robbing and murdering her Moroccan employer, 35, and her three-year-old daughter in August 2010 after an argument.
- JULY 27, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: SHARJAH COURT PARDONS 17 MEN ON DEATH ROW
the 17 Indian men on death row in the United Arab Emirates for murdering a Pakistani man were pardoned by a Sharjah court after the victim's family agreed to accept Dh3.4 million in blood money.
- JULY 19, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
DH3.4M BLOOD MONEY AGREEMENT REACHED FOR 17 INDIANS SENTENCED FOR MURDER
seventeen Indian men convicted of killing Pakistani labourer Misri Nazir Khan in the Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, in January 2009...
- JUNE 22, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an appeals court in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates sentenced a young unidentified Asian man to death. He had been sentenced to seven years prison for murdering his cousin following a dispute over a used car.
- JUNE 20, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN TO BE EXECUTED FOR KILLING PREGNANT WIFE
an Abu Dhabi appeals court in the United Arab Emirates sentenced an unidentified
- JUNE 17, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: BLOOD MONEY IMPASSE HITS SHARJAH DEATH ROW CASE
stalled negotiations over blood money forced the Sharjah Court of Appeal in the United Arab Emirates to adjourn again its hearing to June 20 in the case of 17 Indians sentenced to death by the Sharjah Sharia Court for the murder of a Pakistani bootlegger.
- JUNE 15, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: FORMER FOOTBALLER SENTENCED TO DEATH
Former Emirati football player Fayez Juma was sentenced to death for premeditated
- JUNE 2, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD AGAINST TWO AFGHANS WHO KILLED SEX WORKER
in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai Appeals Court's Presiding Judge Mustafa Al Shennawi upheld the death sentence against Afghan nationals A.N., 40, and I.H., 30, for fatally stabbing an Uzbek prostitute 23 times and stealing her mobile phone.
- MAY 31, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: BLOOD MONEY PAID, 3 PUNJABI YOUTHS RETURN HOME FROM DUBAI
after being released from death row in Sharjah central jail in the United Arab Emirates
- MAY 26, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: TWO FOREIGNERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG DEALING
the Criminal Court of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, sentenced two Asians to