Macao SAR China
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
- APRIL 1, 1999 · In April it was reported by Xinhua that the death penalty...
- News items in the archive
- 29
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Macao SAR China 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 29 news items on Macao SAR China, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2020Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
- JANUARY 1, 2019Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
- JANUARY 1, 2018Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
- JANUARY 1, 2017Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
- JANUARY 1, 2016Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
- JANUARY 1, 2015Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
- JANUARY 1, 2014Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
- JANUARY 1, 2013Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
- JANUARY 1, 2012Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
- JANUARY 1, 2011Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
- JANUARY 1, 2010Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
- JANUARY 1, 2009Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
- JANUARY 1, 2008Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
- JANUARY 1, 2007Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
- JANUARY 1, 2006Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
- NOVEMBER 9, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysia. Indonesian sentenced to death for drug trafficking
a Malaysian court sentenced Indonesian nationals Agus Agil to death by hanging for trafficking in methamphetamines.
- JANUARY 1, 2005Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
- APRIL 12, 2004Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
Macao, a former Portuguese colony, was handed over to China on December 20, 1999.
- JANUARY 1, 2003Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
When Portugal handed over its former colony Macao to...
When Portugal handed over its former colony Macao to China on December 20, it also passed on a part of Europe's legal and human rights culture
- JANUARY 1, 2002Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China has planned executions of gangsters from Macau...
China has planned executions of gangsters from Macau to serve as a warning to the underworld
- JANUARY 1, 2002Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
When Portugal handed over its former colony Macao to...
When Portugal handed over its former colony Macao to China on December 20, it also passed on a part of Europe's legal and human rights culture
- JANUARY 1, 2001Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China has planned executions of gangsters from Macau...
China has planned executions of gangsters from Macau to serve as a warning to the underworld
- JANUARY 1, 2001Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
When Portugal handed over its former colony Macao to...
When Portugal handed over its former colony Macao to China on December 20, it also passed on a part of Europe's legal and human rights culture
- JANUARY 1, 2000Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China has planned executions of gangsters from Macau...
China has planned executions of gangsters from Macau to serve as a warning to the underworld
- JANUARY 1, 2000Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
When Portugal handed over its former colony Macao to...
When Portugal handed over its former colony Macao to China on December 20, it also passed on a part of Europe's legal and human rights culture
- DECEMBER 1, 1999Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In December, Chan Wing-hung, 45, a Hong Kong businessman...
In December, Chan Wing-hung, 45, a Hong Kong businessman who spent six months fighting from his Macao jail cell against extradition and a possible death sentence on the mainland, has chosen instead to be tried on the mainland because he believes he will g
- NOVEMBER 29, 1999Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 29, the Chinese Government informed the...
On November 29, the Chinese Government informed the Portuguese Government that it will pass 20 laws as soon as Macao is handed back to China
- NOVEMBER 8, 1999Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 8, the Chinese appointed future governor...
On November 8, the Chinese appointed future governor of Macao Edmond Ho, who would take over once Portugal hands over the territory to China on December 20, said that his Government has no intention of introducing the death penalty in Macao after the Chin
- APRIL 1, 1999Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In April it was reported by Xinhua that the death penalty...
In April it was reported by Xinhua that the death penalty would not be reintroduced in post-handover Macao