Equatorial Guinea
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital...
- News items in the archive
- 58
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Equatorial Guinea is classified as Abolitionist 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 58 news items on Equatorial Guinea, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- APRIL 28, 2006Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
EQUATORIAL GUINEA. MAN SHOT IN PRISON FOR MURDER
a judicial source stated that the previous week saw a man sentenced to death for murder executed by firing squad in Equatorial Guinea.
- JANUARY 1, 2006Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital crimes.
Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital crimes.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2005Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
EQUATORIAL GUINEA. JAIL TERMS FOR 23 ARMY COUP PLOTTERS
twenty-three Equatorial Guinea military officers and soldiers were handed jail terms after being convicted of treason and other crimes linked to a failed coup against hardline President Teodoro Obiang Nguema in October 2004. A total of 44 other defendants
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2005Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
EQUATORIAL GUINEA. DEATH PENALTY DEMANDED AGAINST 'COUP PLOTTERS'
prosecutors in Equatorial Guinea called for the death penalty for six soldiers charged with planning a coup against President Teodoro Obiang Nguena in October 2004.
- JANUARY 1, 2005Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital crimes.
Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital crimes.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2004Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
an Equatorial Guinea court sentenced South African Nick Du Toit to 34 years in prison
an Equatorial Guinea court sentenced South African Nick Du Toit to 34 years in prison
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2004Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Equatorial Guinea said it was willing to guarantee...
Equatorial Guinea said it was willing to guarantee that it would not use the death penalty if it were allowed to extradite Sir Mark Thatcher and other British citizens it accused of involvement in a coup plot, the country"s Attorney- General, Jose Olo Obo
- AUGUST 29, 2004Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
The alleged plotters of a coup in Equatorial Guinea...
The alleged plotters of a coup in Equatorial Guinea are "blood-thirsty pirates" who deserve the firing squad, the country's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema said in an interview
- JULY 6, 2004Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International called on Equatorial Guinea to...
Amnesty International called on Equatorial Guinea to rein in its security forces and stop them killing, torturing and raping detainees, many of whom had been arrested arbitrarily
- JUNE 9, 2004Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
A South African court rejected a bid by the families...
A South African court rejected a bid by the families of 70 suspected mercenaries held in Zimbabwe to force President Thabo Mbeki's government to bring the men back to South Africa
- MAY 27, 2004Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
The South African government told the Pretoria High...
The South African government told the Pretoria High Court that it would not seek to extradite 70 suspected mercenaries arrested in Zimbabwe on charges of plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea
- MAY 26, 2004Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers for the South African government said the state...
Lawyers for the South African government said the state could not intervene to save 70 alleged coup-plotters detained in Zimbabwe from extradition to Equatorial Guinea where they would face the death penalty
- MAY 25, 2004Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
South Africa is obliged to protect 70 suspected mercenaries...
South Africa is obliged to protect 70 suspected mercenaries held in Zimbabwe over a coup plot in Equatorial Guinea, lawyers argued, saying Harare would hand the men over to Pretoria if requested to do so
- MAY 4, 2004Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Fearing possible death penalty they could face after...
Fearing possible death penalty they could face after being extradited to Equatorial Guinea, 70 accused mercenaries held in Zimbabwe Tuesday appealed to South Africa through their lawyers to intervene to block their extradition
- APRIL 29, 2004Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe agreed to hand over to Equatorial Guinea 70...
Zimbabwe agreed to hand over to Equatorial Guinea 70 men accused of plotting a coup against President Teodoro Obiang Nguema
- APRIL 11, 2004Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital crimes.
Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital crimes.
- MARCH 10, 2004Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe said 64 suspected mercenaries aboard a plane...
Zimbabwe said 64 suspected mercenaries aboard a plane seized in Harare could be executed for what it claimed was a western plot to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea
- JANUARY 1, 2003Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital...
Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital crimes
- JUNE 10, 2002Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Some 68 opposition leaders have been sentenced to jail...
Some 68 opposition leaders have been sentenced to jail terms ranging from six to 20 years for reportedly plotting to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang Nguema
- JUNE 8, 2002Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
A court sentenced 68 people to up to 20 years each...
A court sentenced 68 people to up to 20 years each over an alleged plot to seize power
- MAY 23, 2002Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Equatorial Guinea's public prosecutor has urged a court...
Equatorial Guinea's public prosecutor has urged a court to sentence to death or to 30 years, Felipe Ondo Obiang and Guillermo Nguema Ela, both leaders of the illegal Democratic Republican Force (FDR), and Emilio Ndong Biyogo of the Popular Union, a legal
- MAY 11, 2002Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
In Equatorial Guinea, Placido Miko Abogo, leader of...
In Equatorial Guinea, Placido Miko Abogo, leader of the CPDS [Convergence for Social Democracy], which is one of the country's main opposition parties, was detained in custody on May 10
- JANUARY 1, 2002Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital...
Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2001Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital...
Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2000Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital...
Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital crimes
- JULY 23, 1999Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
On July 23, President Teodoro Obiang in an interview...
On July 23, President Teodoro Obiang in an interview said that it is not up to the president to decide if the death penalty should be abolished
- JULY 22, 1999Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Equatorial Guinea signed the letter, dated 22 July...
Equatorial Guinea 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 pen
- JANUARY 1, 1999Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital...
Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital crimes