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.
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FEBRUARY 1, 2012ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: TWO DEATH SENTENCES
In Zimbabwe, High Court Judge Lawrence Kamocha has sentenced to death twice
JANUARY 24, 2012ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: ZANU-PF REVERSAL ON DEATH PENALTY HOLDS UP CONSTITUTION DRAFT
Zimbabwe's often-delayed constitutional revision process hit another obstacle this week as
- JANUARY 1, 2012ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of Zimbabwe at Chapter 3, section 12...
The Constitution of Zimbabwe at Chapter 3, section 12...
- OCTOBER 28, 2011ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: MAN TO HANG FOR MURDER
in Zimbabwe, High Court Justice Joseph Musakwa sentenced Buhera resident Aaron Masongo, 29, to death for killing another villager, Ishmael Chingwende, with a hoe in Chatikobo village on September 8, 2010. Ishmael tried to stop Aaron after he stole items i
- OCTOBER 21, 2011ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: JUDGE SENDS TWO TO THE GALLOWS
in Zimbabwe, Bulawayo Justice Nicholas Mathonsi sentenced Vusumuzi Moyo, 29, and Khulekani Dumisani Nkomo, 28, to death by hanging.
- OCTOBER 10, 2011ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
former prison inmate Elias Mpofu...
former prison inmate Elias Mpofu...
- OCTOBER 10, 2011ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe was reviewed under the Universal Periodic Review
Zimbabwe was reviewed under the Universal Periodic Review
- JULY 20, 2011ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN WHO THREW BODY ON HIGHWAY
Lython Mathe, 30, was sentenced to death by hanging by Bulawayo High Court judge Lawrence Kamocha, on circuit in Hwange, Zimbabwe.
- JULY 7, 2011ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: ZANU PF ACTIVIST TO HANG FOR KILLING MDC RIVAL
Bulawayo High Court judge Lawrence Kamocha, on circuit in Hwange
- JUNE 24, 2011ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: BULAWAYO DEATH ROW INMATES DENIED APPEALS SINCE 2005
as many as 20 Bulawayo death row prisoners in Zimbabwe have been unable to benefit from their automatic right to appeal since 2005, because the courts have a shortage of transcribers.
FEBRUARY 15, 2011ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: RITUAL MURDERER TO HANG
Justice Tendai Uchena of High Court in Zimbabwe sentenced a Karoi man,
- JANUARY 25, 2011ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: DEBATE ON THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH SENTENCE
Amnesty International in conjunction with Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum held a two day
- JANUARY 1, 2011ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of Zimbabwe at Chapter 3, section 12...
The Constitution of Zimbabwe at Chapter 3, section 12...
- DECEMBER 6, 2010ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RITUAL MURDER
in Zimbabwe, former security guard Zakaria Simango, 35, from Chiredzi...
- OCTOBER 11, 2010ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY-AMNESTY INT.
Amnesty International Zimbabwe will this week petition the legal secretaries from the three political parties in the inclusive government to help abolish the death sentence in Zimbabwe.
- JULY 5, 2010ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: MAN FACES HANGMAN'S NOOSE
in Harare, Zimbabwe, 38 year old Nyanzura man Fanuel Tengende was sentenced to death by High Court Justice Felistus Chatukuta for raping and stranging a nine-year-old girl in Kunyongana Village before dumping her corpse in a well on August 21, 2007.
MAY 10, 2010ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: COURT ACQUITS MUGABE OPPONENT ROY BENNETT
Roy Bennett, a leading opponent of Zimbabwe’s president, Robert
- APRIL 13, 2010ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE DESPERATE FOR A HANGMAN
Zimbabwe is searching for a hangman. Chikurubi prison, a maximum
- APRIL 7, 2010ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: MAN CHALLENGES DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
Shepherd Mazango, sentenced to death in November 2009 for murder, challenged the constitutionality of the death penalty at the Zimbabwean Supreme Court saying that the death penalty offends the Constitution.
- MARCH 19, 2010ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
a court in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, sentenced Jabulani Nkomo...
a court in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, sentenced Jabulani Nkomo...
- MARCH 10, 2010ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: FORTY-NINE ON DEATH ROW
there are forty nine inmates on death row at Harare Central Prison, Chief Superintendent Chomurenga told the Zimbabwean Senate Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2010ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of Zimbabwe at Chapter 3, section 12...
The Constitution of Zimbabwe at Chapter 3, section 12...
- DECEMBER 18, 2009BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwean national Gerald Dube (36) was executed in Botswana after he was found guilty
Zimbabwean national Gerald Dube (36) was executed in Botswana after he was found guilty
- JULY 29, 2009BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA: MURDER CONVICT LOSES APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
Zimbabwean citizen Gerald Dube is set to hang in Botswana after his appeal was
- JANUARY 1, 2009ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of Zimbabwe at Chapter 3, section 12...
The Constitution of Zimbabwe at Chapter 3, section 12...
- 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.
- JANUARY 1, 2008ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of Zimbabwe at Chapter 3, section 12...
The Constitution of Zimbabwe at Chapter 3, section 12...
- DECEMBER 18, 2007ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Zimbabwe voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2007ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: MAN TO HANG FOR MURDER OF STEPSON
Justice Wilson Sandura of the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe confirmed the death sentenced imposed on Mamukwa by the High Court
- MAY 8, 2007ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE GARDENER GETS DEATH PENALTY
Maxwell Governor, a gardener, was sentenced to death by the Harare High Court in Zimbabwe, the state-controlled Herald newspaper reported.