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
- AUGUST 1, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Four Zimbabwean men are to be extradited to Botswana...
Four Zimbabwean men are to be extradited to Botswana to face a murder charge, Northern Province police said
- MAY 24, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
"Extra-judicial executions and torture are occurring...
"Extra-judicial executions and torture are occurring throughout Zimbabwe" Tor-Hugne Olsen, head of an Amnesty International (AI) research team said
- APRIL 24, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) said...
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) said the death penalty should be abolished, and that no executions should be carried out until this is done
- FEBRUARY 21, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Women pressure groups are advocating death sentences...
Women pressure groups are advocating death sentences or castration for rapists, two punishments they feel would be proportional to the gravity of the crime and also serve as a sufficient deterrent to child sexual abuse
- FEBRUARY 16, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Judge George Smith sentenced Givemore Muoni Katsande,...
Judge George Smith sentenced Givemore Muoni Katsande, 41, a veteran of the pre-1980 liberation struggle and retired army general, to death for murdering Tinashe Chakwenya, 25, a police officer, near the town of Marondera in April 2000
- JANUARY 1, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Murder, rape, aggravated robbery, illegal possession...
Murder, rape, aggravated robbery, illegal possession of arms and arson are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
At least 60 people have been executed in Zimbabwe since...
At least 60 people have been executed in Zimbabwe since independence in 1980
- OCTOBER 9, 2000ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
President Robert Mugabe launched a crackdown on the...
President Robert Mugabe launched a crackdown on the opposition
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2000ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Jean-Pierre Bemba, the leader of the Ugandan-backed...
Jean-Pierre Bemba, the leader of the Ugandan-backed Congolese Liberation Movement (MLC), accused government troops of executing 51 civilians in a northeastern town before rebel troops captured it last week
- JUNE 30, 2000ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Big Chitoro, a leading supporter of President Robert...
Big Chitoro, a leading supporter of President Robert Mugabe, was charged with the kidnap and murder of an opposition activist on June 9
- JUNE 1, 2000ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International accused the ruling ZANU PF party...
Amnesty International accused the ruling ZANU PF party of extrajudicial executions and of torturing opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supporters in the run-up to the elections to be held on the 24th and 25th of June
- APRIL 26, 2000ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwean Home Affairs Minister Dumiso Dabengwa and U
Zimbabwean Home Affairs Minister Dumiso Dabengwa and U
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
The Ministry of Justice asked the Zimbabwe Human Rights...
The Ministry of Justice asked the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) to give it details of allegations of corruption in Zimbabwe's justice delivery system
- FEBRUARY 21, 2000ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights and the Legal Resources...
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights and the Legal Resources Foundation wanted the Supreme Court to order Mugabe's office to release the reports of two commissions of inquiry he appointed: one of these covered mass executions, disappearances, illegal arrests
- FEBRUARY 13, 2000ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Murder, rape, aggravated robbery, illegal possession...
Murder, rape, aggravated robbery, illegal possession of arms and arson are capital crimes
- JANUARY 28, 2000ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
In Malaysia, Jeffry Nyomi, 31, a Zimbabwean national...
In Malaysia, Jeffry Nyomi, 31, a Zimbabwean national was remanded by the Magistrate's Court for trafficking 2
- JANUARY 27, 2000ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Association (ZimRights) chairman Nick...
Human Rights Association (ZimRights) chairman Nick Ndebele, appealed to the Commonwealth Lawyers' Association (CLA) and the Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges' Association (CMJA) in order to seek backing in his campaign against the judiciary
- DECEMBER 2, 1999ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
On December 2, constitutional commissioners made frantic...
On December 2, constitutional commissioners made frantic last minute efforts to stop Commission Chairman, Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku from bulldozing them into accepting a "defective" final draft of a new Constitution
- NOVEMBER 1, 1999ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
In November, Zimbabwe's Attorney-General Patrick Chinamasa,...
In November, Zimbabwe's Attorney-General Patrick Chinamasa, who is also Chairperson of the Constitutional Commission's legal committee, said in a statement issued on the occasion of the launching of the commission's constitutional drafting committee that
- SEPTEMBER 1, 1999ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
In September, many people sent letters from all corners...
In September, many people sent letters from all corners of the globe urging Robert Mugabe to use his presidential powers to reverse the death sentence imposed on Sukoluhle Kachipare, with most writers calling on the Government to abolish the death penalty
- AUGUST 25, 1999ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
On August 25, participants in the good governance workshop...
On August 25, participants in the good governance workshop that ended in Lusaka, recommended that an amendment should be made to the country's Constitution to allow Cabinet ministers to be appointed from outside Parliament
- JULY 22, 1999ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe signed the letter, dated July 22, 1999, addressed...
Zimbabwe signed the letter, dated July 22, 1999, addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council, in which the retentionist countries dissociated themselves from the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/61 on the question of the death
- JANUARY 1, 1999ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Murder, rape, aggravated robbery, illegal possession...
Murder, rape, aggravated robbery, illegal possession of arms and arson are capital crimes