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
- 42
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
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 42 news items on Guinea, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2020GuineaDEATH PENALTY
The new penal code
The new penal code removes any reference to the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2019GuineaDEATH PENALTY
The new penal code
The new penal code removes any reference to the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2018GuineaDEATH PENALTY
The new penal code
The new penal code removes any reference to the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2017GuineaDEATH PENALTY
The new penal code
The new penal code removes any reference to the death penalty
- JULY 4, 2016GuineaDEATH PENALTY
the Parliament of Guinea adopted a new penal code and a new penal procedure code, removing the death
the Parliament of Guinea adopted a new penal code and a new penal procedure code, removing the death
- JANUARY 1, 2016GuineaDEATH PENALTY
The new penal code
The new penal code removes any reference to the death penalty
MAY 23, 2015GuineaDEATH PENALTYGUINEA: DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION PROPOSED IN NEW PENAL CODE
After three years of work, the proposed amendments to the Penal Code were validated in a ceremony held
- JANUARY 1, 2015GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes include aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery.
Capital crimes include aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery.
- JANUARY 1, 2014GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes include aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery.
Capital crimes include aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery.
JULY 19, 2013GuineaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: GUINEAN MAN SENT TO THE GALLOWS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A Guinean trader was sentenced to death by hanging by the High Court in Malaysia after he
- JANUARY 1, 2013GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes include aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery.
Capital crimes include aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery.
- JANUARY 1, 2012GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes include aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery.
Capital crimes include aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2011GuineaDEATH PENALTY
a Guinean court sentenced 16 people to death for committing...
a Guinean court sentenced 16 people to death for committing...
- JANUARY 1, 2011GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes include aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery.
Capital crimes include aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery.
- JUNE 22, 2010GambiaDEATH PENALTY
MAURITANIA HANDS DOWN DEATH SENTENCES IN CRIME CRACKDOWN
a court in Nouakchott, Mauritania, handed down ten death sentences for
- JANUARY 1, 2010GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes include aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery.
Capital crimes include aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery.
- AUGUST 17, 2009GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GUINEAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING GAMBIAN WOMAN: COURT
a court in Banjul, Gambia, sentenced a Guinean shopkeeper to death for murdering a housewife.
- JANUARY 1, 2009GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes include aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery.
Capital crimes include aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery.
- DECEMBER 15, 2008GuineaDEATH PENALTY
the Conakry Court of Assizes, in Guinea...
the Conakry Court of Assizes, in Guinea...
- NOVEMBER 25, 2008GuineaDEATH PENALTY
the Conakry Court of Assizes, in Guinea...
the Conakry Court of Assizes, in Guinea...
- JANUARY 1, 2008GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes include aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery.
Capital crimes include aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Guinea abstained on the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Guinea abstained on the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- OCTOBER 2, 2007GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIA. YOUNG MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Principal Magistrate Moses Richards of the Kanifing Magistrates Court in
- JANUARY 1, 2007GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes include aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery.
Capital crimes include aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery.
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2006GuineaDEATH PENALTY
GUINEA. NINE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING POLITICIAN
it was reported that a court in Guinea sentenced nine people to death for the murder of a local politician in the capital Conakry.
- JANUARY 1, 2006GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes include aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery.
Capital crimes include aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery.
- AUGUST 2, 2005GuineaDEATH PENALTY
GUINEA. MINISTER SAYS MURDERERS TO BE "PHYSICALLY LIQUIDATED"
the Guinean minister of security, Ousmane Camara, held a press conference and warned that from now on, murderers would face life imprisonment or be executed – “physically liquidated”.
- APRIL 20, 2005GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Guinea voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Guinea voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes include aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery.
Capital crimes include aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery.
- APRIL 11, 2004GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes include aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery.
Capital crimes include aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery.