Uganda
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 · Uganda was a cosponsor of the amendments presented...
- News items in the archive
- 368
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Uganda 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 368 news items on Uganda, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International expressed its concern for the...
Amnesty International expressed its concern for the safety of 20 prisoners held by the Ugandan army in Gulu
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
If Amina Lawal is to die, so will the 2002 Miss World...
If Amina Lawal is to die, so will the 2002 Miss World beauty pageant
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
East Africa's prison bosses said the death penalty...
East Africa's prison bosses said the death penalty was outdated and should be scrapped, adding that it was not a solution in the rehabilitation of prisoners
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The heads of prisons departments in three East African...
The heads of prisons departments in three East African countries, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, have urged authorities in the region to abolish the death sentence
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
An Ugandan businesswoman and her maid, Kigula and Nansamba...
An Ugandan businesswoman and her maid, Kigula and Nansamba have been sentenced to death by the High Court, for killing the former's husband
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Over 30 international Kolping Society women delegates...
Over 30 international Kolping Society women delegates asked the UN to intervene and stop the stoning to death of Amina Lawal, a Nigerian woman sentenced to death under the Sharia law for bearing a child out of wedlock
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Former Central African President Andre Kolingba, sentenced...
Former Central African President Andre Kolingba, sentenced to death [on August 26] for leading a coup against the country's president, has relocated from Kampala to Paris, France
- AUGUST 16, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A Special Police Constable attached to Kikooge Police...
A Special Police Constable attached to Kikooge Police Post in Uganda's Nakasongola district was sentenced to death for murder
- JULY 11, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's Appeals Court upheld the death sentence against...
Uganda's Appeals Court upheld the death sentence against former Toro prime minister John Sanyu Katuramu
- JUNE 25, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
After waiting for five years to be hanged, a prisoner...
After waiting for five years to be hanged, a prisoner on death row in Luzira Upper Prison committed suicide by hanging himself
- JUNE 24, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Six convicts of mob justice were sentenced to death...
Six convicts of mob justice were sentenced to death by the High Court in Jinja
- JUNE 5, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A suspect who pretended to suffer fits during a judgment,...
A suspect who pretended to suffer fits during a judgment, could not escape the gallows when he and two others were sentenced to death by the Uganda High Court for violent robbery
- MAY 25, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Uganda Law Society (ULS) launched a new book attacking...
The Uganda Law Society (ULS) launched a new book attacking the use of death penalty in Uganda at the International Conference Centre in Kampala
- MAY 19, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's Army Commander Maj
Uganda's Army Commander Maj
- MAY 18, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Leaders at different levels in the districts of southwestern...
Leaders at different levels in the districts of southwestern Uganda have recommended that the movement political system continue until a referendum is organised
- MAY 15, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A man who stabbed his wife to death was sentenced to...
A man who stabbed his wife to death was sentenced to death by the Uganda High Court which sat in Lira
- MAY 11, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty should be maintained if Uganda is...
The death penalty should be maintained if Uganda is to seriously address the issues of justice, the Chief of Military Intelligence and army MP, Lt
- MAY 9, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda Chief Justice, Justice Benjamin Joses Odoki...
Uganda Chief Justice, Justice Benjamin Joses Odoki while addressing the press and lawyers at Ikeja High Court, gave a detailed description of the Ugandan judiciary
- MAY 9, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
In Luzira Upper Prison will for the first time in history...
In Luzira Upper Prison will for the first time in history watch the World Cup due to start on May 31
- MAY 9, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Netherlands Ambassador to Uganda, Matthieu Peters,...
Netherlands Ambassador to Uganda, Matthieu Peters, said that the Dutch donors are concerned about corruption and what Uganda is still doing in the DR Congo
- MAY 7, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Seven Ugandan prisoners at the Luzira Upper Prison...
Seven Ugandan prisoners at the Luzira Upper Prison are set to sit for the A-level examinations this year, according to Mr John Kagambo, the prison department's senior welfare officer
- MAY 2, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Uganda Law Society filed a constitutional petition...
The Uganda Law Society filed a constitutional petition challenging the legality of the execution of two UPDF soldiers in Kotido in March, the society's president, John Matovu, told a press conference in Kampala
- APRIL 25, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the...
Uganda voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 24, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A Ugandan High Court sentenced three people to death...
A Ugandan High Court sentenced three people to death for committing murder
- APRIL 19, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Speaker of the Ugandan Parliament Edward Ssekandi...
The Speaker of the Ugandan Parliament Edward Ssekandi assured journalists that he would ask the committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs to review a clause in the Anti-Terrorism Bill that provides the death penalty to journalists who publish material
- APRIL 16, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The French ambassador to Uganda, Jean-Bernard Thiant,...
The French ambassador to Uganda, Jean-Bernard Thiant, said the French government wants Uganda to abolish the death penalty
- APRIL 15, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's Supreme Court acquitted Davinder Kumar of...
Uganda's Supreme Court acquitted Davinder Kumar of murder, but confirmed the death sentence against his brother, Kooky Sharma, for killing his wife
- APRIL 12, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Men who batter their wives and children should be chased...
Men who batter their wives and children should be chased away from homes, state minister for ethics and integrity Miria Matembe said
- APRIL 2, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The 2001 report on child soldiers by the Coalition...
The 2001 report on child soldiers by the Coalition to Stop the use of Child Soldiers said that in 1999 the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) executed five boys aged between 14 and 17 years suspected of belonging to the opposition Allied Democratic Forc
- APRIL 2, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Irish government expressed concern about the killing...
The Irish government expressed concern about the killing of an Irish priest in Uganda on March 21and the subsequent execution of two soldiers summarily convicted of killing him but said its aid programme will continue to help the poor of Uganda