Maldives
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 · Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, attempted...
- News items in the archive
- 68
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Maldives 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 68 news items on Maldives, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- APRIL 27, 2014MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: DEATH PENALTY REGULATIONS ENACTED
detailed regulations on the implementation of the death sentence came into force following their publication
- MARCH 13, 2014MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MADIVES: PRESIDENT YAMEEN, GOVERMENT WILL ENFORCE DEATH PENALTY
the Government formulated the new regulations specifying procedures for enforcing the death penalty.
- JANUARY 23, 2014MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: AN ORDER ISSUED TO USE LETHAL INJECTION FOR EXECUTION
Home Minister Umar Naseer issued an order on Correctional Services to make preparations to implement
- JANUARY 17, 2014MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING PARLIAMENT MEMBER
A Maldives court has passed the death sentence on a man convicted of stabbing to death a member
- JANUARY 1, 2014MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
Premeditated murder, attempted assassination of the President...
Premeditated murder, attempted assassination of the President...
- JUNE 24, 2013MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: BILL PROPOSING DEATH BY HANGING REJECTED
In Maldives, Parliament threw out the bill proposing to enforce the death penalty by hanging
- MAY 2, 2013MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: TWO MINORS SENTENCED TO DEATH
two teenagers were sentenced to death by the Juvenile Court in Maldives after being convicted
- MARCH 21, 2013MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: COURT OVERTURNS DEATH SENTENCE OF MAN AFTER FOUR YEARS
High Court in Maldives overturned the death sentence of a man on death row for the past
- JANUARY 14, 2013MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: COURT SENTENCES LANCE CORPORAL ADAM HALEEM’S MURDERER TO DEATH
The Criminal Court in Maldives has found Ahmed Samah of Kaashidhoo guilty of murdering
- JANUARY 1, 2013MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
Premeditated murder, attempted assassination of the President...
Premeditated murder, attempted assassination of the President...
- JULY 4, 2012MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: DEATH PENALTY CAN BE EXECUTED, SAYS CHIEF JUSTICE FAIZ
The death penalty can be executed within the existing justice system of the Maldives
- JANUARY 1, 2012MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, attempted assassination of the president, conspiracy against the sovereignty of the State, and acts of terrorism.
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, attempted assassination of the president, conspiracy against the sovereignty of the State, and acts of terrorism.
- APRIL 18, 2011MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: PARLIAMENT ACCEPTS AMENDMENT TO CLEMENCY ACT TO UPHOLD DEATH SENTENCES
The parliament accepted an amendment proposed to the Clemency Act, requiring
- APRIL 14, 2011MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: 14 DEATH SENTENCES ISSUED IN THE PAST 10 YEARS: CRIMINAL COURT
the Maldivian Criminal Court said that 14 death sentences were passed in the last decade.
- APRIL 6, 2011MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: MP MUTHALIB REISSUES DEATH SENTENCE AMENDMENT TO PARLIAMENT
Jumhooree Party (JP) MP Ibrahim Muthalib resubmitted an amendment to the Maldivian Clemency Act that if passed would require any death sentence then upheld by the Supreme Court to be carried out.
- MARCH 21, 2011MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: MP WITHDRAWS DEATH PENALTY AMENDMENT
The Maldivian MP, who proposed an amendment to the Clemency Act requiring a death penalty
- MARCH 21, 2011MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: NABEEL’S EXECUTION ORDER APPEALED IN HIGH COURT
The death penalty issued in Maldives by the Criminal Court to Mohamed Nabeel, 21,
- MARCH 14, 2011MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: PARLIAMENT RESUMES DEBATE ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
the Maldives parliament (Majlis) resumed the debate on amending the Clemency Act
- MARCH 8, 2011MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES PARLIAMENT PROPOSES AMENDMENT SEEKING DEATH PENALTY
an amendment was proposed to the Clemency Act, stipulating that despite the Act stating otherwise...
- JANUARY 1, 2011MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, attempted assassination of the president, conspiracy against the sovereignty of the State, and acts of terrorism.
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, attempted assassination of the president, conspiracy against the sovereignty of the State, and acts of terrorism.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2010MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: DEATH SENTENCE PASSED IN MURDER CASE
the Maldives Criminal Court sentenced Mohamed Nabeel, 21, to death for murdering
- JANUARY 1, 2010MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, attempted assassination of the president, conspiracy against the sovereignty of the State, and acts of terrorism.
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, attempted assassination of the president, conspiracy against the sovereignty of the State, and acts of terrorism.
- OCTOBER 16, 2009MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: PRESIDENT SPEAKS OUT AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
President Mohamed Nasheed said neither amputation nor the death penalty should be practiced in the Maldives. In his weekly radio address, Nasheed spoke about the revised penal code sent for further review by parliament.
- JANUARY 1, 2009MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, attempted assassination of the president, conspiracy against the sovereignty of the State, and acts of terrorism.
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, attempted assassination of the president, conspiracy against the sovereignty of the State, and acts of terrorism.
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2008MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
Presidential candidate of Islamic Democratic Party (IDP) of the Maldives said
Presidential candidate of Islamic Democratic Party (IDP) of the Maldives said
- JANUARY 1, 2008MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, attempted assassination of the president, conspiracy against the sovereignty of the State, and acts of terrorism.
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, attempted assassination of the president, conspiracy against the sovereignty of the State, and acts of terrorism.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
the Maldives voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
the Maldives voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- JANUARY 14, 2007MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
death sentences were passed on the eight...
death sentences were passed on the eight persons convicted of Evan Naseem's murder in a Maldives jail have been commuted to life sentences (25 years).
- JANUARY 1, 2007MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, attempted assassination of the president, conspiracy against the sovereignty of the State, and acts of terrorism.
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, attempted assassination of the president, conspiracy against the sovereignty of the State, and acts of terrorism.
- JANUARY 1, 2006MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, attempted assassination of the president, conspiracy against the sovereignty of the State, and acts of terrorism.
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, attempted assassination of the president, conspiracy against the sovereignty of the State, and acts of terrorism.