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
- DECEMBER 9, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA TO DROP DEATH PENALTY FOR GAYS
Uganda will drop the death penalty and life imprisonment for gays in a refined version of an anti-gay bill
- DECEMBER 8, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH
a local Defence Unit (LDU) officer in Kabale, Uganda, was sentenced to death for murdering a resident of Rutenga cell in Kabale Town.
NOVEMBER 13, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: FIVE DEATH ROW INMATES PARDONED
five inmates waiting to be hanged for more than 20 years were released by Luzira Prison authorities
- NOVEMBER 4, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: IBAHRI CONDEMNS DEATH PENALTY FOR HOMOSEXUALITY
the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) condemned a proposal in Uganda to
- OCTOBER 14, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: HOMOSEXUALS FACE DEATH PENALTY
aggravated homosexuality will be punished by death, according to a new bill tabled by a Ndorwa West MP in the Ugandan Parliament.
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: 17 CHILDREN ON LUZIRA DEATH ROW
Luzira Prison in Uganda has 17 juveniles sentenced to death but cannot be hanged because they committed the offences when they were below 18 years, said the Report launched by the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative.
SEPTEMBER 15, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: SOLDIER TO HANG FOR KILLING COLLEAGUE
the UPDF 5th Division Court Martial sitting at Acholpii in Pader District, Uganda, sentenced a Local
- AUGUST 28, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST TWO MEN
the Court of Appeal upheld the decisions of lower courts in western Uganda that sentenced two men to death for aggravated robbery.
- JUNE 21, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: LUWERO MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Ugandan High Court in Luwero sentenced a 38-year-old man to death for killing his neighbour’s wife.
- JUNE 5, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: 7 GET DEATH FOR MBARARA MURDER
the Ugandan High Court in Mbarara district sentenced seven people to death for murder and robbery
- JUNE 2, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: SCHOOL HEAD SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Justice John Bosco Katutsi, of the High Court in Uganda’s Rukungiri district, sentenced the former head teacher of Kitazigurukwa Primary School, Frank Turyatemba, to death for murder.
- MAY 6, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: AMUKA MILITIAMEN TO HANG OVER MURDER
the High Court in Lira district, Uganda, sentenced two former Amuka militiamen to death by hanging for killing 10 internally displaced persons.
- APRIL 30, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: FIVE MEN ESCAPE THE GALLOWS
five men convicted of aggravated robbery and sentenced to death in Uganda by the High Court escaped the gallows when the Court of Appeal acquitted them.
- APRIL 20, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: THREE HANDED DEATH SENTENCES FOR MURDER
two women were sentenced to death by after Justice Lawrence Gidudu, at a court in Uganda, found them guilty of murder.
- APRIL 6, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
in light of its decision in January that found the mandatory death penalty unconstitutional...
in light of its decision in January that found the mandatory death penalty unconstitutional...
- APRIL 3, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: PARLIAMENT APPROVES DEATH SENTENCE FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKERS
the Ugandan Parliament unanimously created a new clause in the “Prevention of
- MARCH 27, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ugandan Foreign Affairs Minister, Sam Kutesa...
Ugandan Foreign Affairs Minister, Sam Kutesa...
- FEBRUARY 18, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: DEATH ROW POSES STIFF HEALTH TEST
Ugandan pyschologists spoke out about the affects of being on death row.
- FEBRUARY 8, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: COURT OUTLAWS ARMY EXECUTIONS
the execution of two UPDF soldiers in Kotido district by the Field Court Martial in 2002 was illegal, the Ugandan Constitutional Court ruled.
- FEBRUARY 4, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: MINISTRY STUDIES DEATH SENTENCE
the Ugandan Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs is studying the recent Supreme Court ruling on the death sentence to decide on the way forward, state minister, Fred Ruhindi, said.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: ‘DEATH PENALTY IS BAD’
a retiring judge, Justice Joseph Nyamihana Mulenga, who was on the panel that upheld the death sentence in Uganda, now said he does not believe in the sentence.
- JANUARY 25, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni praised judges for refusing to scrap the death penalty
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni praised judges for refusing to scrap the death penalty
- JANUARY 22, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
the Supreme Court ruling on the death sentence in Uganda drew conflicting interpretations from the legal fraternity and human rights activists
the Supreme Court ruling on the death sentence in Uganda drew conflicting interpretations from the legal fraternity and human rights activists
- JANUARY 20, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDAN PRESIDENT PARDONS EX-MINISTER JAILED FOR 20 YEARS
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni pardoned Chris Rwakisisi, who was serving a death
- JANUARY 20, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA MOVES TO END CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Uganda's Supreme Court ruled that death sentences be commuted to life imprisonment after
- JANUARY 14, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
political and religious leaders in Uganda declared their opposition to capital punishment for those convicted of ritual murder
political and religious leaders in Uganda declared their opposition to capital punishment for those convicted of ritual murder
- JANUARY 1, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's penal code provides for 15 capital offences
Uganda's penal code provides for 15 capital offences
- JANUARY 1, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: BISHOP CALLS FOR DEATH PENALTY
the former bishop of the Kigezi Diocese in Uganda, Rev William Rukirande, called for the death penalty for civil servants and politicians who embezzle public funds and abuse their offices.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2008UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: TWO TO HANG FOR KILLING PARENTS
two brothers who allegedly hacked their parents to death in Uganda are to hang. High Court Judge Benjamin Kabiito convicted Peter Kagiri, 29 and Yuda Kibanda, 26 of the murder.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
EIGHT AFRICANS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHINA FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
eight Africans were sentenced to death in southern China after being convicted of drug smuggling, state press reported.