Malawi
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 · The offenses for which capital punishment either can...
- News items in the archive
- 67
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Malawi 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 67 news items on Malawi, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2008MalawiDEATH PENALTY
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are murder...
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are murder...
- DECEMBER 18, 2007MalawiDEATH PENALTY
Malawi abstained on the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Malawi abstained on the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- NOVEMBER 22, 2007MalawiDEATH PENALTY
BRITAIN URGES MALAWI TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY: EMBASSY
Britain urged Malawi to abolish capital punishment, still a contentious issue here after the poor southern African nation issued a moratorium on executions 15 years ago.
- APRIL 27, 2007MalawiDEATH PENALTY
MALAWI COURT RULES AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
in Malawi, the Constitutional Court sitting in Blantyre declared that mandatory death
- FEBRUARY 19, 2007MalawiDEATH PENALTY
CHIRADZULU MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
the High Court in Blantyre, Malawi, sentenced a Chiradzulu man to death for brutally killing and cooking parts of his 11-year-old niece last year.
- JANUARY 1, 2007MalawiDEATH PENALTY
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are murder...
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are murder...
- JUNE 27, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. AUTHORITIES TO EXECUTE 16 DRUG OFFENDERS, INCLUDING 10 FOREIGNERS
Indonesian authorities were preparing to execute 16 people on death row for drug trafficking, an official said.
- JANUARY 1, 2006MalawiDEATH PENALTY
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are murder...
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are murder...
- OCTOBER 10, 2005MalawiDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU URGES MALAWI TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
the European Union (EU) urged Malawi to continue its effort to abolish the death sentence saying the fact that the country had not undertaken any execution since 1992 was an important step deserving support.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2005MalawiDEATH PENALTY
MALAWI. CIVIL SOCIETY CALLS FOR DEATH PENALTY FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING
several groups, including the Young Women's Christian Association of Malawi, mounted fresh pressure on MPs asking them to press for legislation on human trafficking, especially of children.
- JULY 30, 2005MalawiDEATH PENALTY
MALAWI. PRESIDENT WON'T SIGN DEATH WARRANTS, MINISTER
Malawi Information Minister Lipenga said President Bingu wa Mutharika would not sign any death warrant for convicts sentenced to death.
- JULY 21, 2005MalawiDEATH PENALTY
Malawi Chief commissioner for Prisons McDonald Chawona said...
Malawi Chief commissioner for Prisons McDonald Chawona said...
- JANUARY 1, 2005MalawiDEATH PENALTY
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are murder, rape, treason, armed robbery and burglary with aggravating circumstances.
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are murder, rape, treason, armed robbery and burglary with aggravating circumstances.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004MalawiDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Amnesty International had stepped...
It was reported that Amnesty International had stepped up a campaign to save 10 people on death row in Indonesia
- MAY 25, 2004MalawiDEATH PENALTY
Malawi national Adam Wilson was sentenced by the district...
Malawi national Adam Wilson was sentenced by the district court in Tangerang, Indonesia, after he was found guilty of smuggling heroin
- APRIL 11, 2004MalawiDEATH PENALTY
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are murder, rape, treason, armed robbery and burglary with aggravating circumstances.
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are murder, rape, treason, armed robbery and burglary with aggravating circumstances.
- APRIL 9, 2004MalawiDEATH PENALTY
President of Malawi Bakili Muluzi commuted the death...
President of Malawi Bakili Muluzi commuted the death sentences of 79 prisoners and freed 320 others in a gesture to coincide with Easter, marking another step by Malawi's leader to improve human rights
- FEBRUARY 4, 2004MalawiDEATH PENALTY
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) MP, Wali Nasser Kara, was...
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) MP, Wali Nasser Kara, was sentenced to death by hanging after being convicted of murdering his driver, Alex Mbewe, on 6 March, 2002, in the central sugarcane growing area of Dwangwa
- MARCH 10, 2003MalawiDEATH PENALTY
The High Court in Malawi sentenced two men to death...
The High Court in Malawi sentenced two men to death for the murder of a German tourist
- JANUARY 1, 2003MalawiDEATH PENALTY
The offenses for which capital punishment either can...
The offenses for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are murder, rape, treason, armed robbery and burglary with aggravating circumstances
- AUGUST 24, 2002MalawiDEATH PENALTY
Malawi President Bakili Muluzi has urged the Nigerian...
Malawi President Bakili Muluzi has urged the Nigerian government to pardon Amina Lawal Kurami, a woman sentenced to death by stoning having a child outside of wedlock
- JANUARY 1, 2002MalawiDEATH PENALTY
The offenses for which capital punishment either can...
The offenses for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are murder, rape, treason, armed robbery and burglary with aggravating circumstances
- OCTOBER 24, 2001MalawiDEATH PENALTY
Edmond Mwenelupembe, 22, was sentenced to death after...
Edmond Mwenelupembe, 22, was sentenced to death after two-thirds of a 12-member jury found guilty of murder
- MARCH 27, 2001MalawiDEATH PENALTY
At least six people have been arrested following what...
At least six people have been arrested following what authorities in Malawi said was an uncovered coup plot against the government of President Bakili Muluzi
- MARCH 4, 2001MalawiDEATH PENALTY
Four death row inmates escaped from the Zomba Maximum...
Four death row inmates escaped from the Zomba Maximum Security Prison
- JANUARY 1, 2001MalawiDEATH PENALTY
The offenses for which capital punishment either can...
The offenses for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are murder, rape, treason, armed robbery and burglary with aggravating circumstances
- OCTOBER 6, 2000MalawiDEATH PENALTY
Thomson Filai Bokoboko and Lewis Livio Jonathan were...
Thomson Filai Bokoboko and Lewis Livio Jonathan were sentenced to death after being found guilty of murdering six women in Chiradzulu between 30th January and 25th March 2000
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2000MalawiDEATH PENALTY
Chief Commissioner of Prisons Winston Manyela said...
Chief Commissioner of Prisons Winston Manyela said there are 11 prisoners on the death row, while 41 prisoners previously sentenced to death had their sentences substituted by life imprisonment by President Bakili Muluzi
- JANUARY 1, 2000MalawiDEATH PENALTY
Recommendations by a special Law Commission on Criminal...
Recommendations by a special Law Commission on Criminal Justice stated that for offences like treason, murder, rape and armed robbery, the death penalty should not be mandatory, leaving the decision to presiding judges
- JANUARY 1, 2000MalawiDEATH PENALTY
Malawi, with a population of 10 million people, has...
Malawi, with a population of 10 million people, has 7,647 inmates in the country's prisons, 92 of which are women and 471 juveniles