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, 2000MalawiDEATH PENALTY
Due to Malawi's high number of road accidents any motorist...
Due to Malawi's high number of road accidents any motorist found to have caused deaths on the road due to carelessness, will be charged with first degree murder, a crime that carries a death sentence
- JANUARY 1, 2000MalawiDEATH PENALTY
A report initiated by penal Reform International stated...
A report initiated by penal Reform International stated that over 50 prisoners die everyday in Malawi's prisons
- JANUARY 1, 2000MalawiDEATH 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
- JULY 15, 1999MalawiDEATH PENALTY
On July 15, Amnesty International called on Malawi...
On July 15, Amnesty International called on Malawi President Bakili Muluzi to take bold steps to scrap the death penalty from the country's statute books
- JULY 1, 1999MalawiDEATH PENALTY
In July, Malawi's Ombudsman and Human Rights Commissioner...
In July, Malawi's Ombudsman and Human Rights Commissioner Enock Chibwana visited one of the prisons in the country where he found prisoners in a horrible state after having been held for long periods without even the knowledge of the Justice Ministry
- JUNE 3, 1999MalawiDEATH PENALTY
On June 3, Malawi's High Court Thursday ruled in Blantyre...
On June 3, Malawi's High Court Thursday ruled in Blantyre that prisoners be allowed to vote in all future elections in the country
- JANUARY 1, 1999MalawiDEATH 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