Zambia
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 · In January, ironically, the voice leading the call...
- News items in the archive
- 235
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Zambia 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 235 news items on Zambia, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
FEBRUARY 4, 2010ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: NCC MAINTAINS DEATH PENALTY
the National Constitutional Conference in Zambia upheld the Constitution’s death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2010ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Zambia Constitution of 1991, allows the death penalty in Part III
The Zambia Constitution of 1991, allows the death penalty in Part III
- DECEMBER 29, 2009ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: 3 TO HANG FOR MURDER
in Zambia, Lusaka High Court judge Tamula Kakusa sentenced Frank Mulenga, Bernard Kapaso and Moffat Nkoma to death.
NOVEMBER 17, 2009ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: 6 ROBBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Zambia, Lusaka High Court Judge Tamula Kakusa sentenced six men to death for the armed aggravated
- NOVEMBER 9, 2009ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
the Zambian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of Lusaka resident Brian Phiri, 32, for murdering his aunt Dainess Banda in Chipata township
- OCTOBER 27, 2009ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Zambia, Lusaka High Court judge Christine Phiri sentenced Joe Songiso to death by hanging for
- OCTOBER 20, 2009ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
Judge Jane Kabuka of the Ndola High Court in Zambia sentenced George Alifa, 38, to death for murder.
- AUGUST 13, 2009ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: SUPREME COURT LIFTS DEATH SENTENCE ON LUSAKA ROBBER
the Supreme Court sitting in Kabwe, Zambia, commuted the death sentence of a Lusaka man to 18 years imprisonment.
- JULY 23, 2009ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: THREE TO HANG FOR AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
the Ndola High Court in Zambia sentenced three villagers of Chiengi in Luapula
JUNE 22, 2009ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: THREE BROTHERS TO HANG FOR KILLING DAD
the Lusaka High Court in Zambia sentenced three brothers to death for killing their father using sticks and other objects.
JUNE 5, 2009ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: COURT SENDS MAN TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Zambian Supreme Court upheld the conviction and death sentence of a poacher
- JUNE 4, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA COMMUTE WOMAN’S DEATH SENTENCE, PLEADS ZUJ
the Zambia Union of Journalists appealed to the Chinese Government through its embassy in Lusaka to commute the death sentence of Mary Musiyalike, a Zambian woman convicted for drug trafficking.
- JUNE 2, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
GOVT TRYING TO SAVE WOMAN FROM CHINESE FIRING SQUAD
Zambian government spokesperson Ronnie Shikapwasha said the government intervened in the case where a Zambian woman was sentenced to death by firing squad in China.
APRIL 3, 2009ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: BANDA VOWS NEVER TO SIGN ANY DEATH WARRANT
Zambian President Rupiah Banda said that he will not sign a death warrant for any condemned inmate despite the death sentence still being enshrined in the Constitution.
- MARCH 5, 2009ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: NDOLA DUO WILL STILL HANG, SUPREME COURT
the Supreme Court sitting in Ndola, Zambia, upheld the death sentences of two cousins who were convicted of killing their employer.
- JANUARY 14, 2009ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: DEATH ROW PARDONS FOR 53 PRISONERS
His excellency the President of Zambia, Rupiah Bwezani Banda, pardoned and commuted the
- JANUARY 1, 2009ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Zambia Constitution of 1991, allows the death penalty in Part III
The Zambia Constitution of 1991, allows the death penalty in Part III
- NOVEMBER 11, 2008ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: 27-YEAR-OLD MAN TO HANG
a 27-year-old man of Mwense was sentenced to death by the High Court in Mansa, Zambia, for murder. White Mwape of Chilengwe village in Chief Lubunda's area was convicted of murdering Christopher Mwape of the same area.
- JUNE 11, 2008ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA. TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
Acting Supreme Court Judge, Timothy Kabalata has sentenced a 70 year old man and
- JUNE 9, 2008ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
the Zambian Supreme Court sitting in Ndola...
the Zambian Supreme Court sitting in Ndola granted freedom to a man sentenced to death while the another had his death sentence substituted for 10 years imprisonment.
- MAY 20, 2008ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: FORMER DEATH ROW INMATE TELLS OF CONDITIONS
the common prayer of those on Zambia’s jam-packed death row is for divine intervention to end their hell on earth and let the waiting hangman carry out his job speedily, according to a recently released inmate.
- MAY 13, 2008ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA. MUFULIRA GARDEN TENDER TO HANG FOR MURDER
a garden tender of Mufulira was sentenced to death for killing a woman in Zambia. Justice
- JANUARY 1, 2008ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Zambia Constitution of 1991, allows the death penalty in Part III
The Zambia Constitution of 1991, allows the death penalty in Part III
- DECEMBER 18, 2007ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Zambia abstained on the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Zambia abstained on the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- OCTOBER 23, 2007ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
COP IN ZAMBIA GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING BRITON
the Zambian Supreme Court sitting in Lusaka, sentenced a policeman to death for murdering a British national, Sharon Lee Jackman, three years ago.
- OCTOBER 11, 2007ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: COURT UPHOLDS SENTENCE FOR MOTHER IN-LAW MURDER
the Supreme Court in Zambia upheld the death sentence of a 51 year old man who raped and murdered his mother in-law on Christmas day in 2005.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2007ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Johnson Byabashaija, the manager of Ugandan jails is categorically...
Johnson Byabashaija, the manager of Ugandan jails is categorically...
- AUGUST 2, 2007ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA. PRESIDENT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES OF 97 PRISONERS
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has commuted to life imprisonment the death sentences of 97 prisoners who were on death row, according to a statement released in Lusaka
- APRIL 30, 2007ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA. MWANAWASA MAINTAINES HE WILL NOT SIGN ANY WARRANTS TO HANG PEOPLE
In Zambia, President Levy Mwanawasa maintained that he will not sign any warrants to hang people that
- FEBRUARY 24, 2007ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
the daily Times of Zambia reported that a parliamentarian asked the Justice Minister...
the daily Times of Zambia reported that a parliamentarian asked the Justice Minister...