Capital punishment in Equatorial Guinea

Capital punishment, or death penalty, is no longer a legal punishment in Equatorial Guinea.

The last execution took place in 2014. Equatorial Guinea is required to have a moratorium on executions in order to become a full member of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries.[1][2][3]

There is currently no one on death row in Equatorial Guinea, as of 24 May 2022. There were no death sentences handed down in the country in 2021.[4]

  1. ^ "Equatorial Guinea to abolish death penalty – but democratically". Africanews. 16 April 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  2. ^ "PRESIDENT OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA, OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO, HAS SIGNED THE RESOLUTION 426 WHICH STATES THAT". Hands off Cain. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  3. ^ "Equatorial Guinea will abolish death penalty after Portuguese pressure". The Portugal News. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  4. ^ "Death sentences and executions 2021". Amnesty International. 24 May 2022. Retrieved July 24, 2022.