Lesotho
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 and treason are capital crimes
- News items in the archive
- 33
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Lesotho 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 33 news items on Lesotho, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- DECEMBER 10, 1999LesothoDEATH PENALTY
On December 10, as the mutiny trial in which 38 Lesotho...
On December 10, as the mutiny trial in which 38 Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) members face possible death penalty ticked closer to an end, the fiftieth accused, Private Mochema Mochema unwaveringly rejected part of the prosecution evidence as he testified i
- JULY 14, 1999LesothoDEATH PENALTY
On July 14, the United Nations Resident Coordinator...
On July 14, the United Nations Resident Coordinator to Lesotho Edward Omotoso promised the wives of the 42 detained military officers charged with mutiny by the Court Martial to pass their petition to all relevant offices of the United Nations' systems
- JANUARY 1, 1999LesothoDEATH PENALTY
Murder, rape and treason are capital crimes
Murder, rape and treason are capital crimes