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
- MAY 19, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
YOUTHS ON DEATH ROW: BLOOD MONEY PRODUCED IN COURT
the 46 lakh blood money to be paid to the family of the deceased Pakistan national by 17 Indian youths on death row in the United Arab Emirates and their families...
- MAY 17, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH FOR WATCHMAN FOR KILLING OWNER
in the United Arab Emirates, the Federal Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of a Bangladeshi watchman for killing his employer and landlord in 2005.
- MAY 9, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH PENALTY OF SAILOR FOR KILLING MAID COMMUTED
in the United Arab Emirates, the Dubai Court of Appeal commuted the death penalty of an Asian sailor and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The unidentified man allegedly confessed to police that he strangled an unidentified maid in a car so she wouldn't
- APRIL 28, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH-ROW WOMAN IS FREED ON APPEAL
an Emirati woman was acquitted by the Abu Dhabi High Court after spending more than seven years on death row for fatally shooting her brother-in-law in Al Gharbia in January 2004 after he raped her twice.
- APRIL 27, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: BLOOD MONEY SAVES MAN FROM GALLOWS
an man who murdered his wife in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, had his death sentence commuted to five years in prison after the victim’s relatives accepted bloody money and pardoned him.
- APRIL 27, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH PENALTY FOR DESERT RAPE
in the United Arab Emirates, the Supreme Court confirmed the death penalty of a man who
- APRIL 26, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: 3 BROTHERS HAVE DEATH SENTENCES QUASHED
a judge in Ajman, the United Arab Emirates, ordered the release of three brothers who
- APRIL 20, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: KILLER CAUGHT BETWEEN PARDON AND DEATH
press reports said an Arab man who murdered his wife in Abu Dhabi, United Arab
- APRIL 10, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN ASKS FOR HELP TO AVERT GALLOWS
Saudi Arabian Abdul Aziz Al Anzi, convicted of murder in the United Arab Emirates, appealed for help paying blood money or he would be executed after 55 days.
- APRIL 4, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL'S SHARIA CRITICISM REJECTED BY JUDGE
a judge of the Federal Supreme Court rejected an Amnesty International report condemning
- MARCH 28, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a court in Ajman, the United Arab Emirates, sentenced a Pakistani identified as SH to death for murdering compatriot Emirat Alyoum following a dispute, a newspaper reported.
- MARCH 27, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: SHARJAH COURT FREES 8 PUNJABI YOUTHS OF MURDER CHARGE
judges Abul Majd Al Sharqawi, Ehab and Aidroos of the Shariat court in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, put its seal on the blood money accepted by the father of a murdered Pakistani youth and freed 8 Indians from Punjab and 2 Pakistanis of all charges
- MARCH 24, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING WIFE
the federal supreme court (FSC) of the United Arab Emirates rejected a life verdict
- MARCH 22, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: TWO GET DEATH FOR MURDER
in the United Arab Emirates, the Dubai Criminal Court sentenced unemployed Afghan nationals ANM, 40 and IHZ, 30, to death for fatally stabbing Uzbeki prostitute MH 23 times and stealing Dh600, two mobile phones, a DVD player and perfumes.
- MARCH 15, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN TO BE EXECUTED
the Dubai Criminal Court in the United Arab Emirates sentenced an Indian, identified as MSS, to death for burying two compatriots alive under ground and concealing the dead bodies.
- MARCH 8, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: EXECUTION VERDICT AMENDED
Judge Falah Al Hajri of the Federal Supreme Court of the United Arab Emirates amended a verdict issued by the Appellate Court of Fujairah, from life imprisonment to execution for an unidentified man who killed his wife deliberately.
- MARCH 1, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH FOR MAN WHO SET AUNT, UNCLE ABLAZE
a court of cassation in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates...
- FEBRUARY 27, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING IN VISA FRAUD OPERATION
limousine driver AA, 37, and office manager HM, 27, both Indian nationals, were sentenced to death by the Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance in the United Arab Emirates for killing Pakistani national Masoud al Rahman in Al Hamriya August 20, 2009 over
- FEBRUARY 22, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: EXECUTION UPHELD
the Abu Dhabi Appellate Court in the United Arab Emirates upheld the execution verdict of the Court of First Instance, which had sentenced an Asian to death for murdering his homosexual partner with a knife.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN TO BE EXECUTED FOR MURDER
the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, sentenced a man identified
- FEBRUARY 10, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
EMIRATES: DUBAI FIRING SQUAD EXECUTES MOSQUE SLAYER
A convicted killer was put to death by a firing squad in Dubai, the father of a boy murdered in a Dubai mosque said.
- FEBRUARY 9, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MANSLAUGHTER
a criminal court in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, sentenced an Asian construction worker to death for murdering an Arab expatriate after the victim’s relatives refused to pardon the killer...
- FEBRUARY 8, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DEATH FOR KILLING NON-MUSLIM COMMUTED BY BLOOD MONEY
A Sudanese man initially sentenced to 15 years in prison for murder instead of death
- FEBRUARY 8, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
INDIAN IN UAE GETS DEATH SENTENCE
an Indian sailor, identified as AS, 25, was sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates for sexually assaulting and killing a woman who worked with him.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: BLOOD MONEY PAID IN SHARJAH COURT
eight Indians and two Pakistanis facing the death sentence in a murder case in the United Arab Emirates got a major reprieve as a Sharjah Sharia Court authorised the payment of blood money.
- JANUARY 26, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: COURT ORDERS EXECUTION
the Ras Al Khaimah Criminal Court in the United Arab Emirates sentenced an Asian
- JANUARY 25, 2011EgyptDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH SENTENCE FOR PREMEDITATED MURDER
in the United Arab Emirates, the Dubai Cassation Court upheld the death sentence awarded to
- JANUARY 24, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: EMIRATI TEENAGER SENTENCED TO DIE FOR KILLING
The court of cassation has upheld the death sentence for an Emirati man who, as a 19-year
- JANUARY 19, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ABU DHABI
an Abu Dhabi appeal court sentenced an Afghan national to death for smuggling
- JANUARY 1, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes under the constitution are: murder, rape...
Capital crimes under the constitution are: murder, rape...