Gambia
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Moratorium on executions
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · The new Constitution adopted in 1996 retains the death...
- News items in the archive
- 93
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Gambia is classified as Moratorium on executions 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 93 news items on Gambia, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- MAY 15, 2000GambiaDEATH PENALTY
President Jammeh's government took a pro Nigerian stance...
President Jammeh's government took a pro Nigerian stance at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
- JANUARY 1, 2000GambiaDEATH PENALTY
The new Constitution adopted in 1996 retains the death...
The new Constitution adopted in 1996 retains the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 1999GambiaDEATH PENALTY
The new Constitution adopted in 1996 retains the death...
The new Constitution adopted in 1996 retains the death penalty