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
- MARCH 29, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
An international media organisation based in France,...
An international media organisation based in France, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) petitioned Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni not to assent to the Terrorism Bill until it has been revised
- MARCH 27, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Ugandan lawyers condemned the summary execution of...
Ugandan lawyers condemned the summary execution of two UPDF soldiers over the murder of an Irish priest and two other men in Kotido
- MARCH 27, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Ugandan Defence Minister Amama Mbabazi defended the...
Ugandan Defence Minister Amama Mbabazi defended the court martial and execution of two UPDF soldiers convicted of killing Irish missionary Father Declan O'Toole
- MARCH 25, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Two Ugandan soldiers were shot dead by firing squad...
Two Ugandan soldiers were shot dead by firing squad for murdering an Irish Catholic priest and two other men in the country's first public execution in a decade, an army spokesman said
- MARCH 20, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Parliament in Uganda passed an anti-terrorism bill...
Parliament in Uganda passed an anti-terrorism bill that gives the government sweeping powers to clamp down on organisations it thinks are carrying out terrorist activities
- FEBRUARY 21, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The US-based organisation Human Rights Watch said an...
The US-based organisation Human Rights Watch said an "overly broad definition" of terrorism in the Suppression of Terrorism Bill under consideration in the Ugandan parliament means there is a risk that innocent people or petty criminals could be "branded"
- FEBRUARY 21, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Military Appeal Court, sitting at its Makindye...
The Military Appeal Court, sitting at its Makindye headquarters, Kampala, upheld a death sentence against a UPDF soldier accused of killing three of his colleagues in the barracks
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Ugandan MPs on the joint committees of Legal and Parliamentary...
Ugandan MPs on the joint committees of Legal and Parliamentary Affairs and Defence and Internal Affairs recommended a mandatory death sentence for individuals who through terrorist acts cause the death of other people
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Ugandan members of parliament opposed a mandatory death...
Ugandan members of parliament opposed a mandatory death sentence for convicted terrorists in the new Suppression of Terrorism Bill being debated in parliament
- JANUARY 24, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Military Appeal Court chaired by Justice Elly Turyamubona...
The Military Appeal Court chaired by Justice Elly Turyamubona heard appeals by two UPDF [Uganda People's Defence Forces] soldiers sentenced to death in 2000
- JANUARY 16, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's Supreme Court confirmed that former Under-Secretary...
Uganda's Supreme Court confirmed that former Under-Secretary in the Ministry of Internal Affairs during Obote II regime, Anthony Okwonga, is to hang for murder
- JANUARY 1, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's new Constitution, adopted 5 years ago, retains...
Uganda's new Constitution, adopted 5 years ago, retains the death sentence for crimes including treason, rape, robbery with aggravating circumstances, murder and arms trading
- DECEMBER 27, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Movement Secretariat recommended the retention...
The Movement Secretariat recommended the retention of the death penalty
- DECEMBER 23, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Two thieves were illegally hanged in Uganda's Karamoja...
Two thieves were illegally hanged in Uganda's Karamoja region
- DECEMBER 17, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court in Mubende, Uganda, sentenced to death...
The High Court in Mubende, Uganda, sentenced to death two men for robbery and murder
- DECEMBER 12, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda praised the United States for including the...
Uganda praised the United States for including the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) on its blacklist of international terrorist organisations, the New Vision newspaper reported
- DECEMBER 4, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
In Uganda defilement is a capital offence although...
In Uganda defilement is a capital offence although nobody has yet been sentenced to death for it
- NOVEMBER 22, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The former Brigade Commander in Fort-Portal, Major...
The former Brigade Commander in Fort-Portal, Major Smarts Kiggundu, whom the General Court Martial (GCM) sentenced to death in 1995 on robbery charges, was set free by the Court Martial of Appeal (CMA)
- NOVEMBER 20, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
President Yoweri Museveni warned soldiers who will...
President Yoweri Museveni warned soldiers who will be deployed for the Karamoja disarmament exercise to observe maximum discipline
- NOVEMBER 10, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A total of 365,285 candidates, including 21 prisoners,...
A total of 365,285 candidates, including 21 prisoners, will sit the 2001's Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) on November14 and 15, according to the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB)
- OCTOBER 29, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitutional Review Commission has extended for...
The Constitutional Review Commission has extended for one day in Kampala, secretary Dr
- OCTOBER 18, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Friends of Hope For Condemned Prisoners (FHCP), a Ugandan...
Friends of Hope For Condemned Prisoners (FHCP), a Ugandan NGO, called on government to immediately abolish the death penalty on all criminal cases, saying the sentence is not a deterrent
- OCTOBER 14, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
An editorial published in the Ugandan newspaper The...
An editorial published in the Ugandan newspaper The New Vision urged Parliament to pass the Suppression of Terrorism bill 2001 tabled by the minister of state in charge of security, Muruli Mukasa, on October 11, "as soon as possible"
- OCTOBER 13, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Acaitum Omanyikor Isyagi, during an hearing at the...
Acaitum Omanyikor Isyagi, during an hearing at the Constitutional Review Commission, proposed a change in the national flag, anthem, motto and the abolition of the death penalty
- OCTOBER 13, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Acaitum Omanyikor Isyagi, during an hearing at the...
Acaitum Omanyikor Isyagi, during an hearing at the Constitutional Review Commission, proposed a change in the national flag, anthem, motto and the abolition of the death penalty
- OCTOBER 5, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Ugandan government tabled in Parliament the Suppression...
The Ugandan government tabled in Parliament the Suppression of Terrorism Bill 2001 that seeks to impose a mandatory death sentence for terrorists and any person who aids, finances or supports terrorism
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The director of operations in the Uganda Prisons Service,...
The director of operations in the Uganda Prisons Service, Moses Kakungulu, proposed that the execution of convicts be privatised if the death penalty cannot be abolished
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Ugandan government officially published the Suppression...
The Ugandan government officially published the Suppression of Terrorism Bill, which imposes a mandatory death penalty for terrorists and any person who aids, abets, finances or supports terrorism
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The former prime minister of the western Kingdom of...
The former prime minister of the western Kingdom of Toro, John Sanyu Katuramu, was sentenced to death by the High Court in Kampala for the murder of Toro's Prince Happy Kijanangoma, 'The New Vision' government-owned newspaper reported
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni pardoned Abdallah...
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni pardoned Abdallah Nasur, a governor under former military ruler Idi Amin of the then Central Province