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
- APRIL 9, 2004GuineaDEATH PENALTY
The International Federation of Human Rights Leagues...
The International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH) branded Guinea a sham democracy, denouncing widespread rights abuses in the west African country
- JANUARY 1, 2003GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital...
Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital...
Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital crimes
- NOVEMBER 6, 2001GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International called on President Lansana Conte...
Amnesty International called on President Lansana Conte of Guinea to commute all existing death sentences and to abolish the death penalty in practice and in law
- OCTOBER 11, 2001GuineaDEATH PENALTY
EU special envoy Ange Dagrine, on a mission Guinea,...
EU special envoy Ange Dagrine, on a mission Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia to promote peace efforts in the Mano River area, also discussed human rights and the death penalty with the Guinean minister of foreign affairs, the Speaker of parliament and UN
- JULY 31, 2001GuineaDEATH PENALTY
State radio reported that a court had sentenced 15...
State radio reported that a court had sentenced 15 people to death for instigating ethnic and religious bloodletting which killed 34 people in the West African country in the year 2000
- APRIL 20, 2001GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Three young people convicted of armed robbery and other...
Three young people convicted of armed robbery and other crimes were shot on Kassa island, close to the capital Conkary
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Five persons were executed for violent crimes
Five persons were executed for violent crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2001GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital...
Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2000GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital...
Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 1999GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital...
Aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 1999GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Guinea was a cosponsor of the amendments presented...
Guinea was a cosponsor of the amendments presented by Egypt (A/C