Mali
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Moratorium on executions
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Mali was a cosponsor of the amendments presented by...
- News items in the archive
- 73
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Mali is classified as Moratorium on executions 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 73 news items on Mali, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JUNE 10, 2010MaliDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIA: KEREWAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Gambia, Special Criminal Court Judge J.E Ikpala sentenced...
- JANUARY 1, 2010MaliDEATH PENALTY
Death sentences are given in Mali for serious crimes such as assassinations...
Death sentences are given in Mali for serious crimes such as assassinations...
- OCTOBER 28, 2009MaliDEATH PENALTY
Yaya Bagayoko was sentenced to death in Mali.
Yaya Bagayoko was sentenced to death in Mali.
- OCTOBER 28, 2009MaliDEATH PENALTY
two men were sentenced to death in Mali
two men were sentenced to death in Mali
- OCTOBER 20, 2009MaliDEATH PENALTY
farmer Gaoussou Diallo was sentenced to death in Mali for murdering...
farmer Gaoussou Diallo was sentenced to death in Mali for murdering...
- MARCH 23, 2009MaliDEATH PENALTY
the sitting court in Bamako, Mali, sentenced Oumar Traoré...
the sitting court in Bamako, Mali, sentenced Oumar Traoré...
- MARCH 12, 2009MaliDEATH PENALTY
the sitting court in Bamako, Mali...
the sitting court in Bamako, Mali...
- JANUARY 1, 2009MaliDEATH PENALTY
Death sentences are given in Mali for serious crimes such as assassinations...
Death sentences are given in Mali for serious crimes such as assassinations...
- NOVEMBER 24, 2008MaliDEATH PENALTY
Mali President Amadou Toumani Touré expressed his support ...
Mali President Amadou Toumani Touré expressed his support...
- AUGUST 30, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
MALIAN MAN BEHEADED IN SAUDI ARABIA
a Malian man convicted of serial robbery and attempted rape was put to death by the sword in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca.
- JUNE 11, 2008MaliDEATH PENALTY
a new bill to abolish the death penalty in Mali...
a new bill to abolish the death penalty in Mali...
- JANUARY 1, 2008MaliDEATH PENALTY
Death sentences are given in Mali for serious crimes such as assassinations...
Death sentences are given in Mali for serious crimes such as assassinations...
- DECEMBER 18, 2007MaliDEATH PENALTY
Mali voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Mali voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- OCTOBER 18, 2007MaliDEATH PENALTY
MALI. GOVERNMENT ABOLISHES THE DEATH PENALTY
the Mali government announced it adopted a bill for the abolition of the death penalty
- MAY 24, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain announced that Mali has signed the Declaration and is ready to
Hands Off Cain announced that Mali has signed the Declaration and is ready to
- JANUARY 1, 2007MaliDEATH PENALTY
Death sentences are given in Mali for serious crimes such as assassinations...
Death sentences are given in Mali for serious crimes such as assassinations...
- JANUARY 1, 2006MaliDEATH PENALTY
Death sentences are given in Mali for serious crimes such as assassinations...
Death sentences are given in Mali for serious crimes such as assassinations...
- APRIL 7, 2005MaliDEATH PENALTY
MALI. COURT HANDS DOWN FIVE DEATH SENTENCES OVER RELIGIOUS CLASH
a court in Mali condemned five people to death and dozens to prison for their part in a religious clash that killed 10 people.
- JANUARY 1, 2005MaliDEATH PENALTY
Death sentences are given in Mali for serious crimes such as assassinations, betrayals, sedition, spying, arsons and destruction with explosives of public buildings, plots against the state and embezzlement of public funds whose amount is equal to or more
Death sentences are given in Mali for serious crimes such as assassinations, betrayals, sedition, spying, arsons and destruction with explosives of public buildings, plots against the state and embezzlement of public funds whose amount is equal to or more
- APRIL 11, 2004MaliDEATH PENALTY
Death sentences are given in Mali for serious crimes such as assassinations, betrayals, sedition, spying, arsons and destruction with explosives of public buildings, plots against the state and embezzlement of public funds whose amount is equal to or more
Death sentences are given in Mali for serious crimes such as assassinations, betrayals, sedition, spying, arsons and destruction with explosives of public buildings, plots against the state and embezzlement of public funds whose amount is equal to or more
- AUGUST 26, 2003MaliDEATH PENALTY
Fousseyni Thera, 27, a Malian man, who had his five-year-old...
Fousseyni Thera, 27, a Malian man, who had his five-year-old son's throat slit in order to conjure up good luck, was sentenced to death
- AUGUST 21, 2003MaliDEATH PENALTY
During a live radio program conducted in Rome on Radio...
During a live radio program conducted in Rome on Radio Radicale, Demba Traore, vice President of the Mali Justice Commission, gave assurances that Mali would vote in favour of a resolution for a moratorium on capital executions at the UN General Assembly
- AUGUST 3, 2003MaliDEATH PENALTY
Marco Cappato, Lista Bonino MEP and HOC Board Member...
Marco Cappato, Lista Bonino MEP and HOC Board Member visited Mali on behalf of Hands Off Cain to discuss the death penalty and Mali's position on a possible resolution calling for a worldwide moratorium on executions at the UN General Assembly
- JULY 9, 2003MaliDEATH PENALTY
Abdullah Othman Ashur al-Tareqi, a Mali national convicted...
Abdullah Othman Ashur al-Tareqi, a Mali national convicted of murdering a compatriot in Saudi Arabia, was beheaded by sword in the capital Riyadh
- JANUARY 1, 2003MaliDEATH PENALTY
Death sentences are given in Mali for serious crimes...
Death sentences are given in Mali for serious crimes such as assassinations, betrayals, sedition, spying, arsons and destruction with explosives of public buildings, plots against the state and embezzlement of public funds whose amount is equal to or more
- OCTOBER 30, 2002MaliDEATH PENALTY
The Malian parliament has reacted to the crisis in...
The Malian parliament has reacted to the crisis in Cote d'Ivoire
- MAY 30, 2002MaliDEATH PENALTY
Mali's outgoing president pardoned former dictator...
Mali's outgoing president pardoned former dictator Moussa Traore and his wife Mariam, who were imprisoned after he was overthrown in 1991 and were serving life sentences for murder and corruption
- MAY 16, 2002MaliDEATH PENALTY
The Malian government has adopted a bill suspending...
The Malian government has adopted a bill suspending the death sentence for two years
- JANUARY 1, 2002MaliDEATH PENALTY
Death sentences are given in Mali for serious crimes...
Death sentences are given in Mali for serious crimes such as assassinations, betrayals, sedition, spying, arsons and destruction with explosives of public buildings, plots against the state and embezzlement of public funds whose amount is equal to or more
- JANUARY 1, 2001MaliDEATH PENALTY
Death sentences are given in Mali for serious crimes...
Death sentences are given in Mali for serious crimes such as assassinations, betrayals, sedition, spying, arsons and destruction with explosives of public buildings, plots against the state and embezzlement of public funds whose amount is equal to or more