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 18, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Uganda voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- NOVEMBER 21, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: THREE SOLDIERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
a court martial in Uganda sentenced three soldiers to death by hanging after finding them guilty of murdering two civilians in Kiruhura district
- OCTOBER 26, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: SOLDIER TO HANG FOR KILLING LOVER
the UPDF 4th division court martial in Amuru district in Uganda sentenced a UPDF soldier, Private Denis Omona, to death by hanging for murdering his girlfriend...
- OCTOBER 16, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: SOLDIER TO HANG FOR MURDER
a soldier attached to the Presidential Guard Brigade (PGB) in Uganda was sentenced to death by hanging after he was found guilty of murder. The Second Division Court Martial chaired by Col. Eric Mukasa passed the sentence against Pte. Gershom Amanya for k
- OCTOBER 2, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDAN PAPER URGES STATE TO REVIEW DEATH PENALTY
Ugandan Internal Affairs Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda ruled out the death penalty for Lord's Resistance Army [LRA] leaders when they face trial for crimes committed during the two decades of rebellion in the north.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Military Court Martial in Bundibugyo district in Uganda sentenced a UPDF soldier to death. Col Eric Mukasa at Karugutu Social Hall found Cpl Geoffrey Apumaku, attached to the 55 Battalion, guilty of killing businessman Paul Emotu, a bodaboda cyclist, on
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2007BelizeDEATH PENALTY
BELIZE JUDGE PRAISES UGANDA ON DEATH PENALTY
the chief justice of Belize hailed Uganda’s Constitutional Court for declaring mandatory death penalty as unconstitutional. “This is a bold, courageous, ground-breaking and forward-looking decision,” said Justice Abdulai Conteh.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2007BelizeDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: REPLACE DEATH PENALTY, SAYS AMERICAN JUDGE
a visiting American judge wants Ugandan judges to substitute the death penalty with lighter sentences for convicted capital offenders.
- AUGUST 11, 2007KenyaDEATH PENALTY
SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CONGO FOR MURDER
the Butembo Military Tribunal in Nord Kivu (in eastern DR Congo) has sentenced two Congolese nationals...
- JULY 27, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: UGANDAN DRUG TRAFFICKER TO HANG
one of the seven Ugandans held in China over drug-related offences was sentenced to death according to Uganda’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa.
- JULY 16, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: SEVEN UGANDANS FACE DEATH IN CHINA OVER DRUG TRAFFICKING
the identities of seven Ugandans, including two women, who face death over drug trafficking offences in China have been revealed.
- JULY 2, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
10 UGANDANS FACE DEATH IN CHINA OVER NARCOTICS
ten Ugandans held on charges of illicit drug trafficking in China will soon be lined
- JULY 2, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: APPEAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES
the Court of Appeal in Uganda upheld a death sentence against Robert Lubowa and Jackson Kabazza for robbery.
- JUNE 19, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH
the 4th Division court martial in Gulu district, Uganda...
- MAY 22, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: APPEAL COURT QUASHES DEATH SENTENCE
the Ugandan Court of Appeal overruled the death sentences of Godfrey Oguttu and Robert Ouma Musumba of Masafu village in Busia district.
- MAY 10, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA UPDF SOLDIER TO HANG FOR MURDER, ROBBERY
the division court martial in Mbarara, Uganda, has sentenced a UPDF soldier to death by hanging after he was found guilty of murder and robbery charges.
- APRIL 18, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. DEATH PENALTY FOR HIV-POSITIVE CHILD SEX OFFENDERS
Uganda's parliament passed a law that any HIV-positive person who wilfully infects a minor through sexual intercourse or rape will face the death penalty.
- MARCH 26, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. 2 UPDF SOLDIERS TO HANG FOR MURDER
two UPDF officers, Lt. Stephen Misango and Lt. Omar Bongo, are to hang for torturing and killing Wanzala, an LC3 defence secretary of Buwalasi sub-county, Sironko district.
- MARCH 23, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA WOMEN DEFILERS FACE DEATH
convicted women defilers could get life sentences if the amendments to the Ugandan Penal Code proposed by legislators get Parliamentary approval.
- MARCH 22, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. SIX TO HANG IN GULU FOR MURDER, ONE ACQUITTED
a High Court session in Gulu sentenced six people hang for murder, as 12 judges are in northern Uganda to
- FEBRUARY 23, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. PRESIDENT MUSEVENI SUPPORTS DEATH PENALTY
“I am a strong believer in the death penalty”, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said at the Forum on
- FEBRUARY 12, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
3 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN UGANDA
two men and a woman have been separately sentenced to death for murder in the Bushenyi District.
- FEBRUARY 6, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: UPDF DISMISSES 14 SOLDIERS, 3 TO HANG
Maj. Felix Kulayigye, the Army and Defence spokesman said out of the 34 UPDF Military Court Martial cases concluded in 2006, 3 soldiers - Pte. Abubakar Mugwanate, L/Cpl. Moses Omarara and Pte. Richard Wofli, all convicted of murder, were sentenced to deat
- FEBRUARY 6, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Uganda High Court sentenced a soldier to death for murder. Justice Mwangusya said the State had proved...
- JANUARY 2, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. CHRISTIANS CALL ON PRESIDENT MUSEVENI TO ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
a group of born-again Christians in Uganda condemned the killing of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and also appealed to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to abolish capital punishment.
- JANUARY 1, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's penal code provides for 15 capital offences
Uganda's penal code provides for 15 capital offences
- DECEMBER 10, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. 3 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH
the High Court in Arua, Uganda...
- DECEMBER 10, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. 566 ON DEATH ROW
a total of 566 inmates condemned to death are being imprisoned at Luzira Prison and Kirinya Prison in Jinja, Uganda.
- NOVEMBER 2, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. SIX SOLDIERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF MILITARY OFFICER
six Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) soldiers were sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of Lt. Christopher Abaasa.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA DRAFTING BILL TO EXECUTE HIV INFECTORS
it was reported that the Ugandan government was drafting a bill to execute offenders who knowingly infected minors with HIV.