The President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, signed into law the Death Penalty Abolition Act (2024) effectively removing ...

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed a law abolishing the death penalty with immediate effect. The abolition takes immediate effect, making Zimbabwe the latest African country to ...

The country becomes the 30th African nation to end capital punishment. Fr. Tryvis Moyo, Secretary-General of Zimbabwe's ...

The former MDC activist and Tungamirai Madzore, another opposition activist, were arrested for allegedly killing a police ...

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 the ...

Zimbabwe has recently banned the death penalty. While it should remove an exemption clause, which might allow for capital ...

Zimbabwe hasn’t executed anyone who was sentenced to death since 2005. With the passing of the Death Penalty Abolition Act ...

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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has abolished the death penalty, a widely expected move in a country that last carried out the punishment nearly two decades ago. President Emmerson Mnangagwa ...

The abolition of capital punishment in Zimbabwe has resulted in the resentencing of 48 inmates previously condemned to death.

Zimbabwe abolished the death penalty on Tuesday when President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed the Death Penalty Abolition Act into law. However, the legislation includes a controversial provision that ...

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 ...