Ghana
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist de facto
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Armed robbery, treason and first-degree murder are...
- News items in the archive
- 137
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Ghana is classified as Abolitionist de facto 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 137 news items on Ghana, from 1999 to today.
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- MARCH 4, 2011GhanaDEATH PENALTY
on behalf of Hands Off Cain, MP and Speaker of the OSCE
on behalf of Hands Off Cain, MP and Speaker of the OSCE
- JANUARY 1, 2011GhanaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty has been in Ghana’s statute books...
The death penalty has been in Ghana’s statute books since the inception of English common law in the country in 1874.
- DECEMBER 10, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
GHANA: HANDS OFF CAIN MISSION FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY CONCLUDES
the Hands Off Cain mission for the abolition of the death penalty in Ghana concluded. The mission was also to convince the country to vote favourably for the pro moratorium resolution in discussion at the United Nations.
- DECEMBER 9, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
GHANA: HANDS OFF CAIN MISSION FOR DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION
After the missions in Zambia, Mali and Congo-Brazaville, the Hands Off Cain campaign for the abolition of the death penalty in Africa continues in Ghana.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2010GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA: 104 PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW PACKED INTO A HOLE FOR 24
The Acting Director General of the Ghana Prisons Service, Kofi Bansah, says there are 104 condemned
- OCTOBER 15, 2010GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Kwadwo Ansah, alias "Akonta", a 31-year-old stone contractor, was sentenced to
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2010LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LYBIA: EIGHT GHANAIANS FACE EXECUTION
eight Ghanaian nationals may be executed by firing squad in Libya any time, newspaper
SEPTEMBER 15, 2010GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A Ho High Court, in Ghana, sentenced Benjamin Deble, an Electrician, and Raymond Agbeve
- AUGUST 19, 2010Burkina FasoDEATH PENALTY
GHANA: MAN TO DIE BY HANGING FOR MURDER
Justice Koomson of the Wa High Court in Ghana sentenced farmer Dramani Yewana, from Burkina Faso, to death by hanging for murdering housewife Desinava Tianto on April 15, 2009, in Sissala West District.
- JUNE 11, 2010GhanaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, GHANA, CALLS FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Lawrence Amesu, Director of Amnesty International, Ghana...
JUNE 9, 2010GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: MAN TO BE HANGED FOR MURDER
Justice Essel Mensah of the Ho High Court in Ghana sentenced Emmanuel Adzanku
- JUNE 6, 2010GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA: FARMER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING WIFE
35-year-old farmer, Kutenuor Nangku, was sentenced to death by High Court Justice George Koomson, sitting at Wa, the Upper West regional capital, in Ghana.
- APRIL 19, 2010LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA: KOFI NTI AWAITS EXECUTION IN LIBYA
Kofi Nti, a 26-year old Ghanaian from Techiman-Forikrom is awaiting execution in Libya after being sentenced to death in 2004 on suspicion of being involved in the murder of a Zimbabwean.
- JANUARY 1, 2010GhanaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty has been in Ghana’s statute books...
The death penalty has been in Ghana’s statute books since the inception of English common law in the country in 1874.
- DECEMBER 11, 2009GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA: DEATH PENALTY VIOLATES RIGHT TO LIFE
Amnesty International (AI) Ghana says it opposes the death penalty in all cases without exception, regardless of the nature of the crime, the characteristics of the offender or the method used to kill the prisoner.
AUGUST 4, 2009GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Ho High Court in Ghana, presided over by Justice Kofi Essel Mensah, sentenced
- JULY 5, 2009GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA: COURT SENTENCES FARMER TO DEATH
the Ho High Court in Ghana, presided over by Mr Justice Kofi Essel Mensah,
- JUNE 30, 2009GhanaDEATH PENALTY
Clement Andwi Ackah was sentenced to death in early June by the Sekondi High Court...
Clement Andwi Ackah was sentenced to death in early June by the Sekondi High Court...
- JUNE 8, 2009GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA: FARMER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Mparabe Tinjoe 23, a farmer, was sentenced to death by a Ho Court in Ghana for shooting four other farmers to death at Azilavikope, near Dambai, in 2004.
- MARCH 31, 2009GhanaDEATH PENALTY
in March, the Justice Minister and Attorney General of Ghana...
in March, the Justice Minister and Attorney General of Ghana...
- MARCH 27, 2009GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OPPOSES DEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International (AI) Ghana says it is opposed to the death penalty in all cases without exception.
- JANUARY 9, 2009GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL WELCOMES COMMUTATION OF ALL DEATH SENTENCES
Amnesty International welcomed the commutation of all death sentences by the outgoing President John Kufuor and urged the new President of Ghana, John Atta Mills, to seize the moment and take immediate steps to abolish the death penalty in law
JANUARY 7, 2009GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: KUFUOR COMMUTES ALL DEATH SENTENCES
Ghana’s outgoing President John Kufuor pardoned more than 500 prisoners, the Ghanaian Times reported.
- JANUARY 1, 2009GhanaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty has been in Ghana’s statute books...
The death penalty has been in Ghana’s statute books since the inception of English common law in the country in 1874.
- DECEMBER 30, 2008SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
a 20 year old Ghanaian was sentenced to death in Singapore for trafficking 2.6 kgs of cannabis
a 20 year old Ghanaian was sentenced to death in Singapore for trafficking 2.6 kgs of cannabis
- DECEMBER 24, 2008GhanaDEATH PENALTY
a man who allegedly murdered his brother at Guabuliga, near Walewale in the Northern Region of Ghana, and ate part of his flesh, was sentenced to death by hanging
a man who allegedly murdered his brother at Guabuliga, near Walewale in the Northern Region of Ghana, and ate part of his flesh, was sentenced to death by hanging
- OCTOBER 22, 2008LibyaDEATH PENALTY
the Ghanaian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and NEPAD...
the Ghanaian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and NEPAD...
- JUNE 26, 2008GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA. GOVT FAILED TO BAN DEATH PENALTY
a senior Ghanaian justice department official expressed surprise that the government
- MAY 27, 2008GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA. JUDGES ENDORSE DEATH PENALTY
two of the four Appeal Court Judges nominated by President J. A. Kufuor to the Ghanaian
- APRIL 15, 2008GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA. WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Cape Coast High Court in Ghana sentenced a woman, Adjoa Badu, believed to