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Capital punishment in the United Arab Emirates
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the United Arab Emirates. Emirati law allows the death penalty for: premeditated murder, and for some other forms of culpable homicide; some forms of rape, including of a minor (penetrative child sexual abuse), or disabled person; and particular offences against "state security" in a time of war, or in other special circumstances. Death sentences are infrequently carried out, usually being commuted, albeit to lengthy terms of imprisonment. Both UAE nationals and non-Emiratis have been executed for crimes. As of May 2026, the last known execution occurred in February 2025, with three death sentences carried out that month. These were the first executions to occur since 2021. Executions are carried out by firing squad, the sole legal method. Until 2020, when a new penal code was promulgated, stoning was a possible sentence for hudud offences (those liable to "doctrinal punishments" under sharia), such as adultery or other zina offences. While it has...
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