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The 38 Year Journey to Abolish the Death Penalty in Ghana: The Amnesty International Ghana Story
THE DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION IN GHANA: A JOURNEY OF 38 YEARS Introduction In 1977, when Amnesty International started its global campaign against the death penalty, only 16 countries had abolished the death penalty for all crimes. Amnesty International Ghana started its campaign in 1985 and at the time, no country in Africa had abolished the…
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THE DEATH PENALTY ABOLISHED IN GHANA: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL GHANA WELCOMES THE GREAT NEWS
Amnesty International Ghana welcomes the news that the death penalty in Ghana has been abolished by the Parliament of Ghana through the amendment of the Criminal Offences Act during its sitting on 25th July 2023. Since 1985 Amnesty International Ghana has been campaigning for the abolition of the death penalty in Ghana. The abolition of…
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FACTSHEET ON THE DEATH PENALTY REPORT 2022
Below are the facts as presented in our 2022 Death Penalty Global Sentences and executions report GLOBAL EXECUTIONS Amnesty International recorded 883 executions in 20 countries in 2022, marking a 53% increase from 579 recorded in 2021. This figure represents the highest number of executions that Amnesty International has recorded in the past five years…
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Ghana: Landmark vote to remove death penalty from laws is a major step forward
Reacting to news that Ghana’s Parliament voted to remove the death penalty from the 1960 Criminal and Other Offences Act and the 1962 Armed Forces Act, Amnesty International’s West and Central Africa Director Samira Daoud said: “Now that the 2022 Criminal Offences (Amendment) Bill and 2022 Armed Forces (Amendment) Bill have been passed by Parliament,…
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Zimbabwe: Authorities must promptly investigate the death of opposition party activist.
Responding to news of the death of Tinashe Chitsunge, an opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist in Harare on Thursday, allegedly at the hands of ruling ZANU-PF supporters, Khanyo Farisè, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Southern Africa, said: “The fatal attack on Tinashe Chitsunge, a CCC activist, paints a grim picture of the human…
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World Day Against the Death Penalty: Women on death row face despicable discrimination
Women on death row have, in many cases, been denied justice for the prolonged physical and sexual violence and abuse they have suffered, which preceded and triggered the offences for which they were convicted for, Amnesty International said ahead of the World Day Against the Death Penalty (10 October). “Many women have been convicted and sentenced to…
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL GHANA CALLS ON MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT TO VOTE IN FAVOUR OF BILLS TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International Ghana calls on all Members of Parliament to vote in favour of the Criminal Offences (Amendment) Bill 2022 and the Armed Forces (Amendment) Bill 2022 seeking to remove the death penalty from the Criminal and Other Offences Act, 1960 and the Armed Forces Act 1962. The pending bills would be an important step…
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Ghana: Scrap death penalty and end grim conditions for scores on death row
Close to 150 death row inmates languish in grim conditions in Ghana with only a fraction able to appeal their convictions, Amnesty International said today in a new report that calls on the country’s new government to abolish the death penalty once and for all. Based on interviews with 107 death row prisoners, Locked up and…