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
- MAY 4, 2010United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
USA. COURT REFUSES TO HEAR APPEAL OF KITTIAN WOMAN ON DEATH ROW
the United States Supreme Court refused to review the death sentence of Caribbean-born, British national Linda Carty, 51, who was convicted of murder in February 2002.
- JANUARY 1, 2010United 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...
DECEMBER 29, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: BRITON EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Akmal Shaikh, a British national who was convicted of smuggling drugs into China, was executed by lethal
- DECEMBER 22, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA SET TO EXECUTE MENTALLY ILL BRITON FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
China is scheduled to execute a mentally ill British national after the Supreme Court turned down his appeal.
- OCTOBER 13, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA REVIEWS BRITON'S DEATH SENTENCE
Beijing confirmed the Supreme People’s Court was reviewing the death sentence handed down in Xinjiang to a British citizen for drug trafficking. Akmal Shaikh, 53, was found carrying 4kg of heroin in a suitcase at Urumqi airport on September 12, 2007.
- OCTOBER 11, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
BRITISH MAN FACING DEATH BY FIRING SQUAD IN CHINA AFTER 'LOSING SECOND APPEAL'
a British man believed to suffering from mental illness lost a second appeal against a drug trafficking conviction in China.
- MAY 26, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: BRITON TO APPEAL DEATH SENTENCE
a British citizen sentenced to death for drugs trafficking in China is to plead his case at an appeal court.
MARCH 24, 2009United KingdomDEATH PENALTYAMNESTY: 2,390 EXECUTED LAST YEAR
Countries in Asia carried out more executions in 2008 than the rest of the world put
- MARCH 17, 2009United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
a failed asylum-seeker who was deported from...
a failed asylum-seeker who was deported from the UK to Darfur was executed by Sudanese security officers, The Independent reported.
- FEBRUARY 12, 2009ItalyDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM: RADICALS- REFUGEE STATUS OF IRANIAN LESBIAN RECOGNISED
English authorities recognised the political refugee status of Iranian lesbian Pegah Emambakhsh, the Radical Association Certi Diritti said.
- FEBRUARY 3, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTY
UK: GAY IRAQI COULD FACE DEATH PENALTY IF DEPORTED
A gay Iraqi man due for deportation tomorrow has been told by the UK Border Agency to conduct his
- JANUARY 13, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION URGES IRAN TO ELIMINATE DEATH PENALTY THROUGH STONE BEATING
"The EU seriously condemns new facts of death penalty through stone beating in Iran," the EU declaration
- JANUARY 1, 2009United 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...
- AUGUST 5, 2008United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UK FOREIGN OFFICE MAKES DEATH PENALTY PLEA TO ANTIGUA
the UK Foreign Office is seeking assurance that the killer of a British honeymoon couple in Antigua will not face the death penalty as UK police help Antiguan officers.
- JUNE 23, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
UK. IRANIAN OPPOSITION GROUP REMOVED FROM TERROR LIST
British lawmakers formally removed an Iranian opposition group from t
- MAY 31, 2008GermanyDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. QUR'AN CRITIC TO BE EXECUTED WITHIN DAYS
the Mullahs' regime in Iran is set to execute scholar on the history of Iran and Islam, Dr
- MAY 19, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM. GAY STUDENT WHO FACED EXECUTION IN IRAN GRANTED ASYLUM
a gay man who faces the death penalty in Iran won asylum in the UK after protests prompted
- MAY 7, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
UK. IRANIAN RESISTANCE AQUITTED OF TERRORISM ACCUSATIONS AGAIN
the Court of Appeal in London ordered the British Government to remove the People's
- APRIL 14, 2008United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
WORLD TREND DOWN BUT SECRECY SURROUNDS CHINA EXECUTION FIGURES
Amnesty International called for secrecy surrounding the death penalty to be lifted
- APRIL 4, 2008United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. BRITISH MAN ESCAPES DEATH SENTENCE
A Vietnamese-born British citizen condemned to death for heroin trafficking has
- MARCH 13, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
UK. PEERS LOBBY SMITH TO HALT DEPORTATION OF GAY IRANIAN
more than 60 peers have signed a letter to the Home Secretary urging the UK
- MARCH 13, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
UK. VICTORY FOR KAZEMI AS HOME SECRETARY HALTS DEPORTATION TO IRAN
a gay teenager who faces the death penalty if he is forced to return to Iran won a
- MARCH 11, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
NETHERLANDS. DUTCH COURT REJECTS APPEAL BY GAY IRANIAN MAN
the Council of State, the Netherlands' highest administrative court, rejected an
- MARCH 7, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN LESBIAN WHO FLED TO BRITAIN FACES DEPORTATION
an Iranian lesbian who fled to Britain after her girlfriend was arrested and
- MARCH 6, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
GAY IRANIAN. 60 EURO PARLIAMENTARIANS SIGN APPEAL TO SAVE MEHDI
an appeal was signed by 60 European parliamentarians to obtain assurances on
- MARCH 3, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
NETHERLANDS. DECISION TO REPATRIATE GAY IRANIAN POSTPONED TO MARCH 5
in Rotterdam this morning, a Dutch judge met Seyed Mehdi Kazemi, the
- FEBRUARY 25, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
UK. NO TO DEPORTATION OF GAY IRANIAN YOUTH
in the next few hours the gay Iranian youth Mehdi Kazemi will
- JANUARY 1, 2008United 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...
- DECEMBER 18, 2007United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
the United Kingdom voted in favour of the Resolution...
the United Kingdom voted in favour of the Resolution...
- NOVEMBER 22, 2007MalawiDEATH PENALTY
BRITAIN URGES MALAWI TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY: EMBASSY
Britain urged Malawi to abolish capital punishment, still a contentious issue here after the poor southern African nation issued a moratorium on executions 15 years ago.