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
- JANUARY 1, 2013UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda’s penal code provides for 15 capital offences
Uganda’s penal code provides for 15 capital offences
DECEMBER 20, 2012UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA PRESIDENT: NO DEATH PENALTY FOR GAYS AND NO 'HOMOSEXUAL PROPAGANDA'
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has spoken out against the controversial death penalty
- DECEMBER 17, 2012UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA DROPS DEATH PENALTY FOR HOMOSEXUALS, ETHICS MINISTER SAYS
Uganda ruled out including executions in a bill seeking to impose harsher penalties on
- NOVEMBER 30, 2012UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDAN LAWMAKER: ANTI-GAY BILL DOES NOT CONTAIN DEATH PENALTY PROVISION
The Ugandan lawmaker who originally authored an anti-gay bill proposing
- NOVEMBER 28, 2012UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Ugandan activists confirmed at a press briefing organised by “AllOut.org” that the
Ugandan activists confirmed at a press briefing organised by “AllOut.org” that the
- NOVEMBER 23, 2012UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY BILL: MPS DROP DEATH PENALTY
A committee of Ugandan MPs has endorsed the proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill but dropped the death
- AUGUST 26, 2012UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The General Court Martial (GCM) sitting at Makindye...
The General Court Martial (GCM) sitting at Makindye...
JUNE 21, 2012UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: PRISON AUTHORITIES OPPOSE DEATH PENALTY
The Uganda Prisons Services (UPS) has opposed the death penalty, saying the purpose
JUNE 3, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: UGANDAN DRUG DEALERS SURVIVE GALLOWS
The Chinese government has agreed to lift the death sentence on a total of 22 Ugandans
- MARCH 27, 2012UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: PRESIDENT MUSEVENI PARDONS SHARMA KOOKY
After spending 12 years behind bars at Luzira Maximum Security Prisons, in Uganda, for
- JANUARY 1, 2012UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's penal code provides for 15 capital offences
Uganda's penal code provides for 15 capital offences
- DECEMBER 20, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: UGANDAN WOMAN TO HANG FOR DRUGS
Ugandan woman Nabweteme Hadija, a 56-year-old handicraft businesswoman, was sentenced to death by Judicial Commissioner Mohd Amin Firdaus Abdullah of the Malaysian High Court for smuggling 2.3kg of methamphetamine at the Penang International Airport on Se
- NOVEMBER 11, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
the High Court commuted the death sentences for...
the High Court commuted the death sentences for...
- NOVEMBER 11, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
the High Court commuted the death sentences for Susan Kigula and Patience...
the High Court commuted the death sentences for Susan Kigula and Patience...
OCTOBER 25, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY BILL REINTRODUCED TO PARLIAMENT
Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality bill was reintroduced to parliament.
OCTOBER 20, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: THREE CONVICTS ON DEATH ROW SURVIVE HANGMAN
in Uganda, Enoch Tumuwine, Abdu Maliyamungu and Walker Muhairwe had their death sentences
- OCTOBER 15, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: DEATH SENTENCE: INMATES TO GET FREE LEGAL SERVICES
in Uganda, the Foundation for Human Rights Initiatives launched a project expected to provide free legal assistance to inmates on death row.
- OCTOBER 10, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
the Working Group on the UPR reviewed the human rights record of Uganda.
the Working Group on the UPR reviewed the human rights record of Uganda.
- OCTOBER 10, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
the Working Group on the UPR reviewed the human rights record of Uganda.
the Working Group on the UPR reviewed the human rights record of Uganda.
SEPTEMBER 2, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: SOLDIER TO HANG FOR MURDER
a UPDF soldier was sentenced to death for murder in Uganda by the court martial.
- AUGUST 17, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: TONKU APPEALS DEATH SENTENCE
Thomas Nkulungira, alias Tonku, sentenced to death in Uganda
- AUGUST 12, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: TONKU TO HANG
judge Albert Rugadia Atwooki of the Ugandan High Court sitting in Kampala, sentenced businessman Thomas Nkulungira, alias Tonku, to death by hanging for murdering his ex-girlfriend Brenda Karamuzi, 27. Tonku allegedly murdered Karamuzi, between January 21
- JULY 26, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: EAST AFRICA PRISON OFFICERS BACK DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION
Uganda and Kenya prison authorities supported the abolition of the death penalty, contrary to judicial officers who insist it should stay.
- JULY 24, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: COURT ORDERS FRESH TRIAL FOR DEATH ROW CONVICTS
the Ugandan Court of Appeal, led by Deputy Chief Justice Alice Mpagi-Bahigeine, ordered a retrial for a father and his three sons as the judge was biased and the trial was defective.
- MAY 21, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: FIVE TO DIE FOR KILLING BRITON
five people, including a woman accused of having a hand in her British husband’s murder...
- MAY 12, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: LAWMAKERS REMOVE DEATH PENALTY CLAUSE FROM ANTI-GAY BILL
after intense international criticism, proponents of an anti-gay bill before Uganda's parliament
- APRIL 29, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: MEN GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
the High Court in Rukungiri, Uganda, presided over by Justice Andrew Bashaija...
- MARCH 5, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: SOLDIER GETS DEATH SENTENCE
in Uganda, Col. Eugene Sebugwawo of the UPDF 3rd Division Court Martial sentenced soldier John Ouma to death for murdering Lance Cpl. Dennis Aule at the mogosi detachment in July 2010
- FEBRUARY 22, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: THREE PAKISTANIS TO HANG FOR MURDER
Justice Catherine Bamugemereire of the Ugandan High Court sentenced Pakistani nationals Ahmed Naveed, 28, Hussein Muzaffar...
- FEBRUARY 11, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: TWO BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Justice Eldard Mwangutsya of the High Court in Mbarara...