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 1, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
Abdallah Hadi Al-Maliki and Abdallah Hazam Dagheish were executed in Yeme for murder
Abdallah Hadi Al-Maliki and Abdallah Hazam Dagheish were executed in Yeme for murder
- MAY 29, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. ZAIDI MEMBER SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Yemeni court sentenced to death Hussein Mohammad al-Dailami, a member of a rebel Shiite Zaidi movement, after he was convicted of forging illicit contacts with Iran. Dailami, 40, was sentenced to death for "making contacts with a foreign country, namely
- MAY 23, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. AMINA’S DEATH SENTENCE REVOKED
the Yemeni embassy in Rome announced that “by order of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, the death sentence on Amina Ali Abulatif al Tuhaif has been revoked and a new trial granted in which she will have the opportunity to prove her innocence as established b
- MAY 17, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. PRESIDENT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION MAKES APPEAL FOR AMINA
President of the Italian Senate’s Human Rights Commission, Enrico Pianetta (Forza Italia), appealed to Yemen’s President, Ali Abdallah Saleh, for immediate clemency to be granted to Amina Ali Abdulatif Al Tuhaif, sentenced to death in Yemen for having par
- MAY 15, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
Ahmed Abdulraqib al-Saqaf has been executed in Yemen for murder.
Ahmed Abdulraqib al-Saqaf has been executed in Yemen for murder.
- MAY 11, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
Saleh Ali Said Banser al-Malqeb was executed in Yemen for murder.
Saleh Ali Said Banser al-Malqeb was executed in Yemen for murder.
- MAY 10, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. HOC APPEALS PRESIDENT ALI ABDULLAH SALEH NOT TO EXECUTE AMINA
Hands off Cain, the international association which has been promoting an international campaign for a global moratorium on capital executions, appealed President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh to spare the Amina’s life. Amina al-Abduladif, a 21-year-old mot
- MAY 4, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. CONDEMNED MOTHER'S LIFE SPARED
the life of Amina al-Abduladif, a 21-year-old mother, was spared shortly before she was due to face a firing squad as appeals by British ministers and others prompted the Yemeni President to suspend the execution.
- MAY 2, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
Abdullah Hussein al-Badi was reportedly executed for murder.
Abdullah Hussein al-Badi was reportedly executed for murder.
- APRIL 30, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. MOTHER, 21, FACES FIRING SQUAD
European leaders are making desperate pleas to spare the life of a 21-year-old mother who is expected to face a firing squad in Yemen on May 2.
- APRIL 27, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. AMNESTY PUTS ON PRESSURE TO HALT EXECUTION OF YOUNG WOMAN
Amnesty International piled pressure on Yemen to halt the planned execution of Amina Ali Abdulatif, a young woman convicted of murdering her husband when she was 16 -- under the legal age to be sentenced to death.
- APRIL 23, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY AGAINST IMAM
a Yemeni appeals court upheld a death sentence against Ali Ahmed Jarallah, an Islamist imam convicted of murdering a senior opposition leader in 2002.
- APRIL 6, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. PRESIDENT PUTS EXECUTION OF JUVENILE ON HOLD
President Salih stopped the execution of Hafiz Ibrahim in Taiz, Yemen, at the last moment. Ibrahim, 17, was convicted in 2004 of killing a man and was due to be executed the day the president intervened.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
a Yemeni appeals court upheld a death sentence against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri
a Yemeni appeals court upheld a death sentence against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri
- FEBRUARY 5, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
the appeals court in Sanaa, Yemen, upheld the death sentence against a Yemeni
the appeals court in Sanaa, Yemen, upheld the death sentence against a Yemeni
- OCTOBER 12, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
a Yemeni convicted of a double murder was beheaded in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern town of Abha
a Yemeni convicted of a double murder was beheaded in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern town of Abha
- OCTOBER 10, 2004YemenDEATH PENALTY
Yemen's attorney general in Sanaa called for the death...
Yemen's attorney general in Sanaa called for the death penalty for five Yemenis who had been tried over the issue of blowing up the "Limburg" oil tanker in 2002; the five had been sentenced by the elementary court to 10 year imprisonment
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2004YemenDEATH PENALTY
Two men were sentenced to death and four jailed for...
Two men were sentenced to death and four jailed for between five and 10 years for their roles in the suicide bombing of the USS Cole in Aden harbour in 2000
- AUGUST 28, 2004YemenDEATH PENALTY
Yemeni was sentenced to death and 14 others to jail...
Yemeni was sentenced to death and 14 others to jail over the 2002 bombing of the French supertanker Limburg and for other attacks
- JUNE 2, 2004YemenDEATH PENALTY
Sanaa's criminal court condemned four Yemenis to death,...
Sanaa's criminal court condemned four Yemenis to death, three of them in absentia, for murder
- APRIL 12, 2004YemenDEATH PENALTY
Yemen applies the death penalty for a wide range of offences including rape, murder, sexual offences and speech or action against Islam.
Yemen applies the death penalty for a wide range of offences including rape, murder, sexual offences and speech or action against Islam.
- APRIL 1, 2004YemenDEATH PENALTY
the Appeal Courts of Sana’a and Al-Jawf sentenced four men
the Appeal Courts of Sana’a and Al-Jawf sentenced four men
- MARCH 18, 2004YemenDEATH PENALTY
a man named Abdullah Ali al-Nashiri was executed in Yemen for murder
a man named Abdullah Ali al-Nashiri was executed in Yemen for murder
- JANUARY 13, 2004YemenDEATH PENALTY
The Spanish delegation present at the international...
The Spanish delegation present at the international Yemen conference on Democracy, Human Rights and the Role of the International Criminal Court, concluded on Monday, delivered an appeal from Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar to Yemeni president Ali
- JANUARY 12, 2004YemenDEATH PENALTY
Legislative organs must be elected, the role of the...
Legislative organs must be elected, the role of the International Criminal Court strengthened and the civil and political rights of Palestinians must be recognised
- DECEMBER 1, 2003YemenDEATH PENALTY
A Yemeni appeals court confirmed a death sentence handed...
A Yemeni appeals court confirmed a death sentence handed down to Abed Abdulrazzak al-Kamel for the murder of three US missionaries a year ago
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2003YemenDEATH PENALTY
A Yemen court sentenced Ali al-Jarallah's, a Muslim...
A Yemen court sentenced Ali al-Jarallah's, a Muslim extremist, to death
- AUGUST 25, 2003YemenDEATH PENALTY
A Yemeni court sentenced Mohsen Yehya Monassar, 42,...
A Yemeni court sentenced Mohsen Yehya Monassar, 42, to death by firing squad
- JULY 21, 2003YemenDEATH PENALTY
A German court approved the extradition of Mohammed...
A German court approved the extradition of Mohammed Ali Hassan al-Moayad, a Yemeni cleric, and his assistant, Mohammed Mohsen Yahya Zayed, to face charges in the United States of supplying weapons, militants and millions of dollars in funding to the al-Qa
- JUNE 2, 2003YemenDEATH PENALTY
Three Yemeni men convicted of murder were executed...
Three Yemeni men convicted of murder were executed by firing squad, declared the Yemeni general prosecutors office