Yemen
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1998
Data card
- Legal status
- Retentionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JULY 22, 1998 · Yemen signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed...
- News items in the archive
- 353
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Yemen is classified as Retentionist 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 353 news items on Yemen, from 1998 to today.
In Yemen the death penalty applies to murder, sexual offences, apostasy and offences against state security. Executions are carried out by shooting, in some cases in public.
The conflict has made the picture even harder to verify: sentences come from authorities that do not recognise one another, and the real number of cases cannot be established. The archive gathers what is documented and names the source.
Latest news
- AUGUST 6, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Rashid Ahmed Saleh executed for killing Hassan Ali...
Rashid Ahmed Saleh executed for killing Hassan Ali Abdullah and Salem Hassan Said
- AUGUST 5, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Ali bin Ali Hassan, a Yemeni, executed in Sana'a for...
Ali bin Ali Hassan, a Yemeni, executed in Sana'a for killing Ali Ahmed Saleh
- AUGUST 1, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
A case of a man executed although suffering from a...
A case of a man executed although suffering from a mental illness
- JULY 30, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Two Yemenis, Ahmed Muhammad Saleh and Abdullah Muhammad...
Two Yemenis, Ahmed Muhammad Saleh and Abdullah Muhammad Ahmed, executed by firing squad in Sana'a for two separate murders, the state prosecutor said
- JULY 29, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Jameel Jamal Mohammed executed by firing squad in al-Bayda...
Jameel Jamal Mohammed executed by firing squad in al-Bayda province for the murder of Ali Daifallah, the state prosecutor's office said
- JULY 25, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Four Yemeni men executed by firing squad for separate...
Four Yemeni men executed by firing squad for separate murders: two in Ibb, one in Aden and one Saada
- JULY 24, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Two Yemeni men executed by firing squad in Dali' and...
Two Yemeni men executed by firing squad in Dali' and Hajjah provinces for murder
- JULY 23, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Yemeni man executed by firing squad in Sana'a province...
Yemeni man executed by firing squad in Sana'a province for murder
- JULY 18, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Saeed Salem Mubarak, a Yemeni, executed in public in...
Saeed Salem Mubarak, a Yemeni, executed in public in Hadramawt
- JULY 4, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Two Yemenis were executed separately in Lahj and Mahweet...
Two Yemenis were executed separately in Lahj and Mahweet provinces for premeditated murder, according a statement by the public prosecution
- JUNE 22, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
The family of Zainab Saud Aziz, a student murdered...
The family of Zainab Saud Aziz, a student murdered by the Sana'a Ripper Mohammed Adam Omar stated they were furious they had not been invited to witness the execution of her killer and that they suspect he had not been executed
- JUNE 20, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
A Sudanese morgue worker who was convicted of kidnapping,...
A Sudanese morgue worker who was convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering two female students at Sanaa University was executed
- JUNE 18, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Thabet Abdo Saleh executed by firing squad in al-Dali...
Thabet Abdo Saleh executed by firing squad in al-Dali for killing three people
- JUNE 7, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Talal Ali al-Asem executed in Sana'a for the murder...
Talal Ali al-Asem executed in Sana'a for the murder of Nasser Ahmed Hussein
- MAY 21, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Shouai Ibrahim al-Matari executed by firing squad in...
Shouai Ibrahim al-Matari executed by firing squad in Hajjah province for murdering an unrelated man, Shouai Shabayn al-Matari, and his daughter, Qamamah
- MAY 14, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Hussein Ahmed al-Ariqi executed by firing...
Muhammad Hussein Ahmed al-Ariqi executed by firing squad in Sana'a for the murder of Hamda Murshid Tahir al-Hamdani
- MAY 13, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Abdel Karim Muhammad Alwan executed for the murder...
Abdel Karim Muhammad Alwan executed for the murder of Amin Hussein Abdullah
- MAY 11, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Eight Yemenis executed by firing squad for separate murders
Eight Yemenis executed by firing squad for separate murders
- MAY 6, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Yemeni man for murdering his...
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Yemeni man for murdering his Saudi employer and wife while trying to rob them
- APRIL 17, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Five Yemenis executed for murder, Saba news agency reported
Five Yemenis executed for murder, Saba news agency reported
- APRIL 11, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Seven men convicted of separate murders were executed...
Seven men convicted of separate murders were executed by firing squad
- APRIL 4, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
A Yemeni appeals court upheld a death sentence against...
A Yemeni appeals court upheld a death sentence against Mohammad Adam Omar, 52, a Sudanese mortuary worker for murdering two female university students
- MARCH 31, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Rodman Mohammed Saad executed by firing squad in Sana'a...
Rodman Mohammed Saad executed by firing squad in Sana'a Central Prison
- MARCH 25, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Abdu Shouan Mohammed Mokbil was executed in the northern...
Abdu Shouan Mohammed Mokbil was executed in the northern Hajjah province for the 1993 murder of Nasser Kassem, during a dispute over land
- JANUARY 30, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
The Yemeni national who hijacked a plane on an internal...
The Yemeni national who hijacked a plane on an internal flight from Sanaa to Taaz last week may face the death penalty if proven guilty by the court judges
- JANUARY 30, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
A Yemeni man with a history of crime had his right...
A Yemeni man with a history of crime had his right hand chopped off and will go before a firing squad for murder in 10 days
- JANUARY 1, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Yemen applies the death penalty for rape and murder
Yemen applies the death penalty for rape and murder
- NOVEMBER 18, 2000YemenDEATH PENALTY
A Yemeni court convicted a Sudanese morgue assistant...
A Yemeni court convicted a Sudanese morgue assistant of killing two women and sentenced him to death, officials said
- OCTOBER 29, 2000YemenDEATH PENALTY
The government announced it had executed Abu Hassan,...
The government announced it had executed Abu Hassan, the leader of the Islamic Army of Aden-Abyan
- JULY 29, 2000YemenDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Haji Omar, a Somali refugee, was sentenced...
Muhammad Haji Omar, a Somali refugee, was sentenced to death for becoming a Christian, which is considered a capital crime under Islamic law