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[3] [2] Overseas nationals and UAE nationals have both been executed for crimes. As of 2025, the last known executions have occurred in March 2025. Shahzadi Khan, a 33-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district, was executed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on February 15, 2025.
Under UAE law, a juvenile is an individual under the age of 18. Capital punishment, imprisonment, or fines cannot be imposed as sentences against juveniles who commit criminal offences; however, judges have discretion to issue imprisonment sentences of up to ten years to juveniles over the age of 16. [14]
Capital punishment is retained in law by 55 UN member states or observer states, with 140 having abolished it in law or in practice. The most recent legal executions performed by nations and other entities with criminal law jurisdiction over the people present within its boundaries are listed below.
During the 2017 Qatar diplomatic crisis, Hamad Saif al-Shamsi, the Attorney-General of the United Arab Emirates announced on 7 June that publishing expressions of sympathy towards Qatar through social media, or in any type of written, visual or verbal form is considered illegal under UAE's Federal Penal Code and the Federal law on Combating ...
The federal justice system is defined in the Constitution of the United Arab Emirates, with the Federal Supreme Court based at Abu Dhabi. [1] As of 2023, only the emirates of Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah have local court systems, while all other emirates use the federal court system for all legal proceedings. [2]
In Turkey, capital punishment was fully abolished in 2004 for all crimes. [4] In 2018, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his right-wing government coalition partners agreed to a proposal that could see the death penalty restored in Turkey against anyone sentenced for terrorism. [5]
The one government-approved synagogue in the UAE remains open in Abu Dhabi, the UAE capital. There are no official synagogues in Dubai, the UAE's biggest city and commercial hub.
Same-sex sexual activity— as with other sex acts by married persons outside marriage — are in the category of crimes notionally liable to capital punishment in the United Arab Emirates, under zina provisions, at least prior to amendments contained in the new 2021 Federal Crime and Punishment Law. Despite this, there are no known instances ...