Zimbabwe
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 · Murder, rape, aggravated robbery, illegal possession...
- News items in the archive
- 203
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Zimbabwe 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 203 news items on Zimbabwe, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
FEBRUARY 16, 2014ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: MUGABE PARDONS PRISONERS, SAVE THOSE SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT AND TO DEATH
Congestion in Zimbabwe's prisons is set to ease a bit after President Robert Mugabe acceded to pleas by
- JANUARY 1, 2014ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
In June 2013, after ten consecutive years without carrying out executions...
In June 2013, after ten consecutive years without carrying out executions...
- DECEMBER 13, 2013ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe - Two men who assaulted and raped woman before killing her companion, sentenced to death
Zimbabwe - Two men who assaulted and raped woman before killing her companion, sentenced to death
NOVEMBER 17, 2013ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: CONSTITUTION SAVES MAN WHO FATALLY SPEARED UNCLE FROM DEATH SENTENCE
In Zimbabwe, an Inyathi man who murdered his uncle escaped the hangman's noose when a judge
OCTOBER 30, 2013ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: GOVT URGED TO CLARIFY DEATH PENALTY ISSUE
The Government of Zimbabwe has been urged to come up with a clear position on whether or not
OCTOBER 10, 2013ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: MINISTER OPPOSES DEATH PENALTY
In Zimbabwe, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Emmerson Mnangagwa says
JULY 19, 2013ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: TWO MURDERERS TO HANG
In Zimbabwe, two Murehwa men convicted of robbing and killing a fellow villager were
MARCH 25, 2013ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: PAIR SENTENCED TO HANG BY THE SUPREME COURT
In Zimbabwe, the Supreme Court upheld death sentences for two murder convicts, one of them
FEBRUARY 19, 2013ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: SENATE APPROVES MOTION FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
Following the mission accomplished by Hands Off Cain and the Nonviolent Radical Party, Transnational and Transparty in Zimbabwe last summer, the Human Rights Commission of the Senate passed with 16 votes in favor and 15 against, the motion for the aboliti
FEBRUARY 13, 2013ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: NEW HANGMAN AT LOOSE END
The appointment of a new hangman in Zimbabwe does not mean the 74 men and two women
- FEBRUARY 8, 2013ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
a 57-year-old village head from Gokwe has been sentenced
a 57-year-old village head from Gokwe has been sentenced
FEBRUARY 5, 2013ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: MDC-T SENATORS OPPOSE DEATH PENALTY
In Zimbabwe, MDC-T senators proposed that convicted murderers be quarantined instead of
- FEBRUARY 2, 2013ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: 76 INMATES ON DEATH ROW
Seventy-six inmates, two of them female, are languishing in prison in Zimbabwe awaiting execution.
- JANUARY 1, 2013ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
In June 2013, after ten consecutive years without carrying out executions...
In June 2013, after ten consecutive years without carrying out executions...
- DECEMBER 27, 2012ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: DEATH PENALTY ON MURDERER UPHELD
In Zimbabwe, the Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence imposed on a murderer
- DECEMBER 24, 2012ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Micheal Mabenga’s son in law, David Chitika and his co-accused...
Micheal Mabenga’s son in law, David Chitika and his co-accused...
- NOVEMBER 5, 2012ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
in Zimbabwe, Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Lawrence Kamocha...
in Zimbabwe, Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Lawrence Kamocha...
- OCTOBER 27, 2012ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: MAN TO HANG FOR MURDER OF CHIREDZI CIO BOSS
In Zimbabwe, a 34-year-old man who shot and killed the Chiredzi Central Intelligence Organisation
- OCTOBER 23, 2012ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: CHILD KILLER SENTENCED TO DEATH
In Zimbabwe, a jilted lover killed his ex-girlfriend’s nine-year-old son and
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2012ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: MURDERER SENTENCED TO HANG
In Zimbabwe, a man who hacked a three-year-old girl to death last year
- AUGUST 22, 2012ItalyDEATH PENALTY
A delegation of Italian members of parliament visited Zimbabwe from August 20 to 22 on
A delegation of Italian members of parliament visited Zimbabwe from August 20 to 22 on
JULY 30, 2012ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: SUPREME COURT QUASHES YOUTHFUL KILLER'S DEATH SENTENCE
In Zimbabwe, a convicted murderer had his death sentence quashed by the Supreme Court
- JULY 19, 2012ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: DRAFT CONSTITUTION KILLS DEATH PENALTY BUT ONLY FOR WOMEN
in Zimbabwe, the Select Committee of Parliament on the New Constitution (COPAC
- JUNE 2, 2012ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: ACTIVISTS SLAM GNU OVER DEATH PENALTY
In Zimbabwe, human rights activists have slammed the inclusive government for lack of sincerity
- MAY 24, 2012ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: CYANIDE KILLERS GET DEATH PENALTY
In Zimbabwe, death penalties have been read out for two men accused of killing
- MARCH 28, 2012ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE PLANS TO CUT BACK ON HANGINGS, DEATH PENALTY ONLY FOR 'EXTREME VIOLENCE'
Zimbabwe is considering cutting back on hangings according to a proposed new constitution
- MARCH 27, 2012ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zibusiso Ndlovu, a man who stabbed a woman to death after failing to rape her
Zibusiso Ndlovu, a man who stabbed a woman to death after failing to rape her
- MARCH 23, 2012ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RITUAL MURDER
in Zimbabwe, Justice Martin Makonese sentenced Colgate Buffen Mudenda to death by
MARCH 16, 2012ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: GUARD SENTENCED TO DEATH
A security guard who killed his teenage sister-in-law was sentenced to death in
- MARCH 7, 2012ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
a Chimanimani man, who strangled his colleague...
a Chimanimani man, who strangled his colleague...