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
- JANUARY 1, 2001MaliDEATH PENALTY
On December 10 1997, on the occasion of the World Day...
On December 10 1997, on the occasion of the World Day for Human Rights, President Alpha Oumar Konarè stated his opposition to the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2001MaliDEATH PENALTY
Only two out of 68 prisoners sentenced to death in...
Only two out of 68 prisoners sentenced to death in Mali have faced the gallows in the past 20 years
- AUGUST 31, 2000MaliDEATH PENALTY
Hamedoun ag Badi and Rhissa ag Alhousseini, former...
Hamedoun ag Badi and Rhissa ag Alhousseini, former members of the Republican Guard, were sentenced to death by the Bamako Criminal Court after being found guilty of murdering a Dutch expatriate
- AUGUST 9, 2000MaliDEATH PENALTY
Abou Berthe, was sentenced to death in Bamako by the...
Abou Berthe, was sentenced to death in Bamako by the court of assizes for embezzlement
- JULY 25, 2000MaliDEATH PENALTY
Cheikh Kanoute, the founder of a Malian sect of followers...
Cheikh Kanoute, the founder of a Malian sect of followers known as the "Bare-footed", and two of his disciples, were sentenced to death by the Bamako criminal court
- JANUARY 4, 2000MaliDEATH PENALTY
Malian President Alpha Oumar Konare granted pardon...
Malian President Alpha Oumar Konare granted pardon to former army chief of staff Col Ousmane Coulibaly, who was sentenced to death in 1992 along with former President Moussa Traore after the massacre of pro-democracy protesters in Bamako
- JANUARY 1, 2000MaliDEATH 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, 2000MaliDEATH PENALTY
On December 10, 1997, on the occasion of the World...
On December 10, 1997, on the occasion of the World Day for Human Rights, President Alpha Oumar Konarè stated his opposition to the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2000MaliDEATH 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
- SEPTEMBER 1, 1999MaliDEATH PENALTY
In September the two death sentences handed down to...
In September the two death sentences handed down to the Traorès in January were commuted to life imprisonment during the celebrations for Independence Day
- JANUARY 12, 1999MaliDEATH PENALTY
On January 12, the Bamako Criminal Court ruled that...
On January 12, the Bamako Criminal Court ruled that Mali's ousted dictator, Moussa Traorè, his wife Mariam and her brother Abramane Doua Cissoko were guilty of illegally enriching themselves from state coffers to the tune of 202 million CFA francs ($357,5
- JANUARY 1, 1999MaliDEATH PENALTY
Mali was a cosponsor of the amendments presented by...
Mali was a cosponsor of the amendments presented by Egypt (A/C
- JANUARY 1, 1999MaliDEATH PENALTY
The Penal Code provides for the death penalty for threats...
The Penal Code provides for the death penalty for threats to State security, aggravated and premeditated murder, torture and aggravated theft