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
- 351
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 351 news items on Yemen, from 1998 to today.
Latest news
- JUNE 19, 2000YemenDEATH PENALTY
A court in Sanaa sentenced seven people to death for...
A court in Sanaa sentenced seven people to death for belonging to a group involved in banditry and the kidnapping of foreigners
- MAY 28, 2000YemenDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of students from Sanaa University demonstrated...
Hundreds of students from Sanaa University demonstrated in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, demanding the execution of Mohammad Adam Omar, 45, a Sudanese morgue worker being tried on charges of raping and killing 16 women, including at least six university st
- MAY 16, 2000YemenDEATH PENALTY
The US government requested the execution of Mohammed...
The US government requested the execution of Mohammed Rashed Dawood Al-Awli, a Yemeni man who was accused of involvement in blasting the two US embassy buildings in East Africa in August 1999
- APRIL 23, 2000YemenDEATH PENALTY
Two men were executed after they were convicted of...
Two men were executed after they were convicted of premeditated murder
- APRIL 12, 2000YemenDEATH PENALTY
A Yemeni man was executed in Saudi Arabia for raping...
A Yemeni man was executed in Saudi Arabia for raping several young girls and stealing their jewelery
- APRIL 3, 2000YemenDEATH PENALTY
Fah bin Ali bin Rajeh, a Yemeni man convicted of kidnapping...
Fah bin Ali bin Rajeh, a Yemeni man convicted of kidnapping and raping a young boy, was executed in Saudi Arabia
- JANUARY 20, 2000YemenDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Thabit al-Sumi was stoned to death in Ibb...
Mohammed Thabit al-Sumi was stoned to death in Ibb for raping and murdering his 12-year-old daughter
- JANUARY 1, 2000YemenDEATH PENALTY
Since Yemen passed a law that allows judges to condemn...
Since Yemen passed a law that allows judges to condemn kidnappers to death, at least three people convicted of kidnapping have been executed
- JANUARY 1, 2000YemenDEATH PENALTY
At least 34 people were executed in 1999
At least 34 people were executed in 1999
- JANUARY 1, 2000YemenDEATH PENALTY
Capital crime is premeditated murder
Capital crime is premeditated murder
- NOVEMBER 25, 1999YemenDEATH PENALTY
On November 25, the death sentence against the Spanish...
On November 25, the death sentence against the Spanish national of Syrian origin, Nabil Kenani, was upheld in Aden
- NOVEMBER 20, 1999YemenDEATH PENALTY
On November 20, a court in Aden upheld the death sentence...
On November 20, a court in Aden upheld the death sentence against Nabil Nanakly Qasibati for crimes against foreign tourists
- NOVEMBER 10, 1999YemenDEATH PENALTY
On November 10, Yemen publicly executed a Yemeni man...
On November 10, Yemen publicly executed a Yemeni man for the murder of a man and a woman in Lahj Province, south of Sanaa
- NOVEMBER 2, 1999YemenDEATH PENALTY
On November 2, Abdullah Ali Abdullah Awwadh, convicted...
On November 2, Abdullah Ali Abdullah Awwadh, convicted of killing a fellow Yemeni, was publicly executed in Hajah Province, northwest of the capital Sanaa
- OCTOBER 17, 1999YemenDEATH PENALTY
On October 17, Zayn al-Abidin Abu Bakr al-Mihdar, alias...
On October 17, Zayn al-Abidin Abu Bakr al-Mihdar, alias Abu al-Hasan, 28, leader of the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army, was put to death
- JULY 31, 1999YemenDEATH PENALTY
On July 31, Tawfiq Saad Saleh was publicly executed...
On July 31, Tawfiq Saad Saleh was publicly executed in Taiz Province
- JUNE 1, 1999YemenDEATH PENALTY
In June, a man sentenced to death for a double homicide...
In June, a man sentenced to death for a double homicide was publicly shot and then crucified in a square in the town of Taiz, in the north of the country, the newspaper Al Thawra reported, specifying that the body was bound to a cross and placed where the
- MAY 18, 1999YemenDEATH PENALTY
On May 18, Yahya Ali al-Hakim, his sons Amer and Qassem...
On May 18, Yahya Ali al-Hakim, his sons Amer and Qassem and their cousins Ismail and Yayha al-Hakim were publicly executed
- JANUARY 1, 1999YemenDEATH PENALTY
Capital crime is premeditated murder
Capital crime is premeditated murder
- JANUARY 1, 1999YemenDEATH PENALTY
On August 3, 1998, a Presidential Decree by Law No...
On August 3, 1998, a Presidential Decree by Law No 24 was issued, stipulating that those who will lead a gang for kidnapping or bandit, stealing or looting public or private properties by force will face death penalty
- JULY 22, 1998YemenDEATH PENALTY
Yemen signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed...
Yemen signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council, in which the retentionist countries dissociated from the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/61 on the question of the death penalty