Guyana
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 · Guyana is a British Independent territory that retains...
- News items in the archive
- 73
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Guyana 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 73 news items on Guyana, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2011GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- OCTOBER 14, 2010GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
GUYANA ABOLISHES MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY
Guyana's parliament voted to abolish the mandatory death penalty for people convicted of
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2010GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
GUYANA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2005 MURDER OF REPUTED WIFE
in Guyana, High Court Justice Roxane George sentenced Lennox Syfox, 29, to death for murdering his reputed wife Roselyne Rodney on August 19, 2005.
- JANUARY 1, 2010GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2009GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 17, 2008GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
GUYANA: GOVT DISREGARDS UK GROUP'S CALL TO END DEATH PENALTY
the government of Guyana brushed aside calls by a United Kingdom group for the abolition of the death penalty...
- JANUARY 1, 2008GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Guyana voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Guyana voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- DECEMBER 5, 2007GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
GUYANA: MERCY COUNCIL SITTING AGAIN AFTER TWO YEARS
two years after it expired, the Advisory Council on the Prerogative of Mercy in Guyana was recently reconstituted and members held their first meeting at the Ministry of Home Affairs.
- MAY 19, 2007GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
GUYANA MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR WIFE'S MURDER
Doodnauth Ramsaywack who was on trial in the High Court for the murder of his wife was sentenced to death after the jury returned a unanimous verdict.
- MAY 11, 2007GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
GUYANA. THREE BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
three brothers were sentenced to death for the kidnap, rape and murder of a 32-year-old woman after they
- FEBRUARY 13, 2007GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
GUYANA. DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN WHO MURDERED PARTNER
Royston Alfred, convicted of murdering his partner three years ago on D'Urban Street, was sentenced to
- JANUARY 1, 2007GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
GUYANA. NFA WOMEN DEMAND RESUMPTION OF DEATH PENALTY
the women's section of the National Front Alliance demanded the reintroduction of the death penalty for murder while condemning what it called the "brutal execution'' of a woman taxi driver, Seeraji Singh. In a press release, the women noted that there ha
- JANUARY 1, 2006GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- APRIL 16, 2005BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
CARIBBEAN. LEADERS INAUGURATE OWN COURT OF JUSTICE
Caribbean leaders inaugurated a court that would serve as the highest judicial body for much of the region, a step toward shedding their 170-year-old dependence on Britain's Privy Council that many had resented as a vestige of colonialism.
- JANUARY 1, 2005GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- MAY 19, 2004GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International said that the Commission of Inquiry...
Amnesty International said that the Commission of Inquiry to probe allegations that a Guyana government minister was involved in a "death squad" should meet international guidelines
- MAY 13, 2004GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
The UN applauded Guyana's national security chief for...
The UN applauded Guyana's national security chief for offering to step down and clearing the way for an independent inquiry into allegations of a state-sponsored death squad
- APRIL 11, 2004GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 13, 2003GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International released a report describing...
Amnesty International released a report describing as "draconian" the Criminal Law (Offences) Bill, popularly called the "terrorist bill", which came into effect as of September 2002 in Guyana, warning that it could seriously jeopardize human rights and s
- JANUARY 1, 2003GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Guyana is a British Independent territory that retains...
Guyana is a British Independent territory that retains the death penalty but has relinquished the link with the Judicial Commission of the Privy Council
- JANUARY 1, 2003GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Guyana is a British Independent territory that has...
Guyana is a British Independent territory that has relinquished the link with the Judicial Commission of the Privy Council, that in recent years has made executions harder
- JANUARY 1, 2003GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Murder, treason and terrorism
Murder, treason and terrorism
- JANUARY 1, 2003GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
In September 2002 Guyana enacted new legislation making...
In September 2002 Guyana enacted new legislation making loosely-defined terrorist acts a capital crime
- OCTOBER 5, 2002GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
With 726 violent deaths since January in a country of 2
With 726 violent deaths since January in a country of 2
- OCTOBER 1, 2002BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
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- JULY 15, 2002GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Two men were charged with attempting to overthrow the...
Two men were charged with attempting to overthrow the Guyana government, with one of them being remanded to prison
- MAY 28, 2002GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Eleven Caribbean countries were cited in the latest...
Eleven Caribbean countries were cited in the latest Amnesty International report on international human rights violations
- JANUARY 1, 2002GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Guyana is a British Independent territory that retains...
Guyana is a British Independent territory that retains the death penalty but has relinquished the link with the Judicial Commission of the Privy Council