Zimbabwe abolishes death penalty

Zimbabwe abolishes death penalty
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has approved a law that abolishes the death penalty in the southern African state with immediate effect. Rights group Amnesty hailed the decision as a "beacon of hope for the abolitionist movement in the region",
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Zimbabwe has officially abolished the death penalty after President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed into law an act that will commute to jail time the sentences of about 60 prisoners on death row. There has been a moratorium on executions in the southern African country since 2005 although courts have continued to hand down the death sentence for crimes including murder,
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UN Hails Zimbabwe's Death Penalty Abolition
The United Nations on Thursday welcomed Zimbabwe's abolition of the death penalty, and called on other countries to do likewise, or to at least impose a moratorium on capital punishment.
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Zimbabwe Abolishes Death Penalty, Prisoners On Death Row to Be Sentenced Afresh
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed into law the Death Penalty Abolition Act. Zimbabwe currently has over 60 prisoners on death row who will now have their sentences commuted. The last execution in the country was nearly two decades ago in 2005.
VOA60 Africa - Zimbabwe abolishes death penalty
Zimbabwe: The country officially abolished the death penalty Wednesday after President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed into law an act that will commute the sentences of about 60 death row inmates to jail time.
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Zimbabwe president signs death penalty abolition into law
So, we just believe that [the] death penalty is not proper.” Several human rights groups have been calling for Zimbabwe to abolish the death penalty. Parvais Jabbar, executive director of ...
Zimbabwe Abolishes The Death Penalty
Zimbabwe officially abolished the death penalty Tuesday after President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed into law an act that will ...