Morocco
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 · Art. 16 of the Moroccan penal code provides the death...
- News items in the archive
- 131
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Morocco 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 131 news items on Morocco, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- NOVEMBER 8, 2017MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Morocco: a deputy sentenced to death for the murder of four people
8 November 2017: a member of the Party for Authenticity and Modernity (PAM) was sentenced to death by the criminal division of the Court of Appeal of Kénitra.
- OCTOBER 5, 2017MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Nador: the killer of a Moroccan couple living in Spain sentenced to death
October 5, 2017: the criminal division of the Court of Appeal of Nador has sentenced to death a young man for the murder of a couple of Moroccans living in Spain.
- AUGUST 19, 2017MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCAN KING PARDONS 415 CONVICTS ON EVE OF REVOLUTION ANNIVERSARY
The Morocco's King Mohammed VI has granted pardon to 415 convicts found guilty of terrorism, the Ministry of Justice said.
- MAY 29, 2017MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Morocco: murderer of the Jewish couple sentenced to death
29 May 2017: The Criminal Chamber at Casablanca Court of First Instance announced that it would demand the death penalty against the gardener named Mustapha R, accused of the murder of two Moroccan citizens of Jewish confession a year ago, reports the Ara
FEBRUARY 6, 2017MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: HIGH RELIGIOUS COMMITTEE SAYS APOSTATES SHOULD NOT BE KILLED
Morocco’s High Religious Committee has retracted its Islamic ruling stating that apostasy is punishable by death and has decided to permit Muslims to change their religion.
- JANUARY 1, 2017MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
The Country has 11 crimes that carry the death penalty
The Country has 11 crimes that carry the death penalty
AUGUST 1, 2016MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: KING MOHAMMED VI PARDONS WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
Khadija Amrir, a 43-year-old woman was released from prison on the Morocco’s public holiday known as
- JULY 30, 2016MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO: KING MOHAMMED VI PARDONS 1,272 CONVICTS ON THRONE DAY
On the the Throne Day, King Mohammed VI granted pardon to 1,272 persons who were convicted by
MAY 4, 2016MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING AND KILLING A 7 YEAR OLD GIRL
Two Moroccans have been sentenced to death by a court in El Jadida (200km south of Rabat) for having
- JANUARY 1, 2016MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
The Country has 11 crimes that carry the death penalty
The Country has 11 crimes that carry the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2015MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
The Country has 11 crimes that carry the death penalty
The Country has 11 crimes that carry the death penalty
OCTOBER 8, 2014MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: ABOLITIONISTS SLAM 'INHUMANE' TREATMENT ON DEATH ROW
Rights activists accused Moroccan authorities of keeping more than 100 prisoners awaiting execution in
- JANUARY 1, 2014MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
The Country has 11 crimes that carry the death penalty
The Country has 11 crimes that carry the death penalty
DECEMBER 12, 2013MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: NEW MOVES TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
A parliamentary opposition group has filed a bill to abolish the death penalty in
- NOVEMBER 28, 2013MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO: MURDERER OF A CHILD GETS DEATH SENTENCE
The court of appeal of the city of Casablanca, Morocco, sentenced the murderer and rapist
OCTOBER 24, 2013MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: CHILD KILLER GETS DEATH PENALTY
A Moroccan man convicted of abducting, raping and killing a 32-month-old girl was sentenced
- MAY 30, 2013MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MOROCCAN MAN GETS DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A Morrocan man was sentenced to death by the High Court in Malaysia for trafficking in
- JANUARY 1, 2013MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
The Country has 11 crimes that carry the death penalty
The Country has 11 crimes that carry the death penalty
JULY 10, 2012MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: MOROCCAN COALITION AND PAM PARTY FOR THE ABOLITION IMMEDIATELY
the President of "Moroccan Coalition against the Death Penalty", Abderrahim El Jamai, has asked the government to honor its international commitments and sponsor the Resolution on moratorium on the use of the death penalty, which will be put to a vote of
- MARCH 9, 2012MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO REJECTS BOMB CASE APPEAL, UPS SENTENCE TO DEATH
A Moroccan court rejected appeals from two men convicted over the bombing of a cafe
- JANUARY 12, 2012MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO: DRUG KINGPIN SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Moroccan court sentenced the head of a major drug gang to death after he
- JANUARY 1, 2012MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Morocco retains the death penalty for ordinary crimes and military crimes.
Morocco retains the death penalty for ordinary crimes and military crimes..
- OCTOBER 28, 2011MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH
a Moroccan court sentenced Adil Othmani to death for masterminding a terrorist
- JUNE 24, 2011MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO: WORLD COALITION AGM OPENS WITH PLEA FOR ABOLITION
Morocco is moving gradually towards the abolition of the death penalty and the
- APRIL 14, 2011MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO FREES 92 POLITICAL PRISONERS AFTER PROTESTS
Morocco freed 92 political prisoners under a pardon issued by the king following street protests
- JANUARY 1, 2011MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Morocco retains the death penalty for ordinary crimes and military crimes.
Morocco retains the death penalty for ordinary crimes and military crimes..
- NOVEMBER 11, 2010MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO: JUSTICE MINISTER- WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY
"We hope to be able to abolish the death penalty in Morocco with an ad hoc law", Moroccan
- JULY 15, 2010MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a Moroccan court sentenced Tareq H., 26, to death for murdering and robbing an
- JULY 6, 2010MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING THREE WOMEN
the Tangier court of Appeals in Morocco sentenced an unidentified man to death for murdering
- JANUARY 1, 2010MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Morocco retains the death penalty for ordinary crimes and military crimes.
Morocco retains the death penalty for ordinary crimes and military crimes..