United Kingdom
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · The provisions of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 abolished...
- News items in the archive
- 423
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
United Kingdom is classified as Abolitionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 423 news items on United Kingdom, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2018United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The United Kingdom abolished the death penalty for murder on December 18...
The United Kingdom abolished the death penalty for murder on December 18...
- JANUARY 1, 2017United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The United Kingdom abolished the death penalty for murder on December 18...
The United Kingdom abolished the death penalty for murder on December 18...
APRIL 6, 2016United KingdomDEATH PENALTYAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT UP BY 54% IN 2015, PAKISTAN TOPS LIST
The numbers of death penalty has risen over an alarming 54 per cent in 2015-16.
- JANUARY 1, 2016United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The United Kingdom abolished the death penalty for murder on December 18...
The United Kingdom abolished the death penalty for murder on December 18...
- JANUARY 1, 2015United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The United Kingdom abolished the death penalty for murder on December 18...
The United Kingdom abolished the death penalty for murder on December 18...
- OCTOBER 23, 2014United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM: ‘AID FOR EXECUTIONS’ IN SPOTLIGHT AS PAKISTAN SET TO RESTART HANGINGS
Reprieve, the charity that campaigns against the death penalty, said Britain risks being “complicit in a gross
- AUGUST 12, 2014United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM: 45% OF BRITS WANT TO BRING BACK DEATH PENALTY – 50 YRS AFTER LAST EXECUTION
in a poll conducted to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the United Kingdom’s last legal executions, 45 percent of Brits said murderers should face the death penalty.
- JULY 4, 2014EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
UK STANDS ACCUSED OVER EXTRADITION OF ETHIOPIAN OPPOSITION LEADER
The Foreign Office has been accused of failing to act to prevent the extradition to Ethiopia of an opposition
JANUARY 14, 2014United KingdomDEATH PENALTYUK: AFGHAN CITIZEN GRANTED ASYLUM FOR BEING AN ATHEIST
an Afghan citizen has been granted asylum in the United Kingdom for religious reasons - because
- JANUARY 1, 2014United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The United Kingdom abolished the death penalty for murder on December 18...
The United Kingdom abolished the death penalty for murder on December 18...
- NOVEMBER 18, 2013IranDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM: PRESSURE ON BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO END SUPPORT FOR COUNTER-NARCOTICS PROGRAMS IN IRAN AND PAKISTAN
The legal and human rights charity Reprieve has called on the United Kingdom to follow Ireland’s
- AUGUST 29, 2013IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: TOP COURT REJECTS BALI DEATH-ROW BRITON'S APPEAL
At a closed hearing at the Supreme Court in Jakarta, Indonesia, a three-judge panel unanimously rejected the appeal of a British grandmother sentenced to death for trafficking a large stash of cocaine into the resort island of Bali.
JUNE 3, 2013EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 5 FOREIGNERS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER DRUGS
An Egyptian court sentenced five foreigners including a British sailor to death after they were convicted of
- MAY 15, 2013United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. British Hikma Pharmaceuticals blocks shipments of Phenobarbital.
USA - Arkansas. British Hikma Pharmaceuticals blocks shipments of Phenobarbital.
- APRIL 8, 2013IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BRITON
An Indonesian court upheld the death sentence against a British woman convicted of smuggling
JANUARY 22, 2013IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: BRITISH WOMAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
An Indonesian court sentenced a British woman to death for attempting to smuggle drugs into the resort island of Bali.
- JANUARY 1, 2013United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The United Kingdom abolished the death penalty for murder on December 18...
The United Kingdom abolished the death penalty for murder on December 18...
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2012IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: BRITISH MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Indonesian court has sentenced a British citizen to death for smuggling 6.5kg of crystal
- JULY 11, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Great Britain. Vince Cable is prohibiting the export of Propofol used in American prisons
USA - Great Britain. Vince Cable is prohibiting the export of Propofol used in American prisons
- 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
- MARCH 27, 2012United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY 2011: ALARMING LEVELS OF EXECUTIONS IN THE FEW COUNTRIES THAT KILL
Countries that carried out executions in 2011 did so at an alarming rate but those employing
- JANUARY 1, 2012United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The United Kingdom abolished the death penalty for murder on December 18...
The United Kingdom abolished the death penalty for murder on December 18...
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2011United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
HARM REDUCTION INTERNATIONAL: ‘THE DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG OFFENCES’ 2011 REPORT
Harm Reduction International has released a new report: The Death Penalty for Drug
- AUGUST 27, 2011United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A committee of British MPs has called for the state of Florida to commute the death sentence of Manuel Valle, 63, a Cuban national
USA - Florida. A committee of British MPs has called for the state of Florida to commute the death sentence of Manuel Valle, 63, a Cuban national
- APRIL 14, 2011United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
USA - British government plans to ban export of 3 more lethal injection drugs for US executions.
USA - British government plans to ban export of 3 more lethal injection drugs for US executions.
- APRIL 14, 2011United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
BRITAIN BANS EXPORT TO US OF EXECUTION DRUGS
Britain is to ban the export to the US of three pharmaceutical drugs that are used to execute prisoners on death row, business secretary Vince Cable has said.
- JANUARY 25, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - UK firm 'has sold enough drugs to execute 90 inmates'.
USA - UK firm 'has sold enough drugs to execute 90 inmates'.
- JANUARY 1, 2011United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The United Kingdom abolished the death penalty for murder on December 18...
The United Kingdom abolished the death penalty for murder on December 18...
- NOVEMBER 29, 2010United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
USA - US lethal injection drug faces UK export restrictions.
USA - US lethal injection drug faces UK export restrictions.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2010United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Supreme Court Halts 4 Executions
USA - Tennessee. Supreme Court Halts 4 Executions