The people on death row
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On death row live the people who have been sentenced and are waiting to be executed. The wait can last years or decades, often in isolation, with a date that arrives or is put off again and again. It is a punishment inside the punishment, and in many countries the number of people held there is the hardest figure of all to obtain.
This page collects the news on the people on death row, on the conditions they are held in, and on the numbers the association is able to document.
Latest news
- APRIL 19, 2010LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA: KOFI NTI AWAITS EXECUTION IN LIBYA
Kofi Nti, a 26-year old Ghanaian from Techiman-Forikrom is awaiting execution in Libya after being sentenced to death in 2004 on suspicion of being involved in the murder of a Zimbabwean.
- APRIL 13, 2010ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE DESPERATE FOR A HANGMAN
Zimbabwe is searching for a hangman. Chikurubi prison, a maximum
- MARCH 22, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: NEW JUSTICE MINISTER ORDERS DEATH ROW REVIEW
Taiwan's new justice minister, who was appointed after his predecessor refused to authorise executions,
- MARCH 22, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN: OUTCRY IN KABUL OVER AFGHANS ON DEATH ROW IN IRAN
a delegation of Afghan lawmakers including Abdul Sattar Khwasi, first secretary of the lower house of parliament, returned from Iran with news that three thousand Afghanis have been sentenced to death there for various crimes
MARCH 22, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: AFGHANI MINOR ON DEATH ROW
it was reported that Jandarshah Nabizada, 16, from Afghanistan's northern Takhar Province
- MARCH 14, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: 7 INDIANS LANGUISHING IN DUBAI JAIL
seven Indians are among 24 death row convicts currently languishing in jail in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
- 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.
- FEBRUARY 12, 2010ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. Oldest US death row inmate dead in Arizona
USA - Arizona. Oldest US death row inmate dead in Arizona
- FEBRUARY 9, 2010Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: DEATH ROW INMATE TO GET RETRIAL
a man on death row for three years in Trinidad & Tobago had his conviction and death sentence quashed by Chief Justice Archie of the Court of Appeal. Ancil Powlette was charged with murdering labourer Daniel Aberdeen on June 5, 2001, at Chatham by the San
JANUARY 18, 2010BotswanaDEATH PENALTYBOTSWANA: MEN ON DEATH ROW 10 YEARS AFTER BEING ARRESTED
ten years after first being arrested in connection with the murder of two Zimbabwean
- JANUARY 1, 2010MongoliaDEATH PENALTY
As reduced by an amendment of 1994 to the criminal code...
As reduced by an amendment of 1994 to the criminal code...
- JANUARY 1, 2010GhanaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty has been in Ghana’s statute books...
The death penalty has been in Ghana’s statute books since the inception of English common law in the country in 1874.
- JANUARY 1, 2010CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Cameroon applies the death penalty for treason.
Cameroon applies the death penalty for treason.
- JANUARY 1, 2010JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
On the issue of capital punishment, the Jamaica Constitution states...
On the issue of capital punishment, the Jamaica Constitution states, "No person shall intentionally be deprived of his life save in execution of a sentence of a court in respect of a criminal offence of which he has been convicted".
- JANUARY 1, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's penal code provides for 15 capital offences
Uganda's penal code provides for 15 capital offences
- JANUARY 1, 2010BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
- DECEMBER 2, 2009DEATH PENALTY
TENNESSEE (USA): MAN EXECUTED 29 YEARS AFTER KILLING THREE
Tennessee executed a man who had served nearly three decades on death row for killing three people during a shooting spree at a Nashville convenience store.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2009DEATH PENALTY
KENTUCKY (USA): INMATE DIES WHILE WAITING FOR EXECUTION
A death row inmate who once played a role in a controversial Benetton clothing advertising campaign
NOVEMBER 15, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FORMER DEATH ROW DUO AWARDED COMPENSATION
two wrongly condemned death row inmates were granted state compensation in China after they were
- NOVEMBER 11, 2009ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN: EXECUTION IN VIRGINIA DOESN’T HALT DECREASE IN USA
regarding the execution in the United States of John Allen Muhammad, better known as the 'Washington Sniper', Hands Off Cain secretary Sergio D'Elia told ADNKRONOS: “the execution carried out today in Virginia doesn’t halt the decrease of both the death p
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2009United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Death Row Database Now Available
USA - New Death Row Database Now Available
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH ROW PRISONERS REJECT PRISONS DEPT FEARS
prisoners still to be transferred from death row to the normal barracks after a notification of the Punjab Home Department in Pakistan rejected the jail administration’s claims that this would create a law and order risk.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
HOPE DIMS FOR 57 NIGERIANS ON DEATH ROW
the Nigerian Federal Government might be unable to save the 57 Nigerians facing the death row in different
SEPTEMBER 16, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: 17 CHILDREN ON LUZIRA DEATH ROW
Luzira Prison in Uganda has 17 juveniles sentenced to death but cannot be hanged because they committed the offences when they were below 18 years, said the Report launched by the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative.
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN CONTINUES TO EXECUTE MENTALLY ILL PRISONERS
The government of Japan continues to execute prisoners who are mentally ill,
- AUGUST 31, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTY
REPORT CRITICISES IRAQ'S EXECUTIONS
In July 2009, at least 1,000 prisoners were believed to be on death row, including about 150 prisoners who had exhausted all means of appeal or clemency, Amnesty International reported.
- AUGUST 31, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN ON DEATH ROW GETS JAIL TERM FOR TV CRITICISM
a Shi'ite on death row in Saudi Arabia for 16 years for insulting the Prophet Mohammed was sentenced this week to another five years in jail for criticising the Saudi justice system.
- AUGUST 14, 2009PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Raymond Johnson, who spent 9 years on death row, has been resentenced to 10 years in prison
USA - Pennsylvania. Raymond Johnson, who spent 9 years on death row, has been resentenced to 10 years in prison
- AUGUST 13, 2009LibyaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN SAYS "ONLY 14 NIGERIANS" ON DEATH ROW IN LIBYA
the Nigerian Presidency said that there were only 14 Nigerians on death row in Libya and they were convicted of offences such as murder, drugs and armed robbery.
AUGUST 3, 2009KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: PRESIDENT KIBAKI REDUCES ALL DEATH SENTENCES TO LIFE
Kenya's more than 4,000 death row inmates all will have their sentences commuted to life imprisonment, President Mwai Kibaki announced, describing their wait to face execution as "undue mental anguish and suffering."