Zimbabwe frees prisoners, including those sentenced to death, in an independence day amnesty
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has granted clemency to more than 4,000 prisoners in an independence day amnesty ...
Taiwan's death penalty and debate over constitutional rights
A court ruling in Taiwan could lead to abolishing capital punishment on the island. Given strong public support for the death ...
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Activists, politicians urge the authorities to go beyond the moratorium, and abolish the death penalty
In its latest annual report, Amnesty International calls for full abolition of the death penalty. With the 2018 moratorium ...
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Afghanistan: Taliban must halt all executions and abolish death penalty
The Taliban carried out a double public execution at a stadium in Ghazni city in southeastern Afghanistan on 22 February, as ...
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Zimbabwe frees prisoners, including those sentenced to death, in an independence day amnesty
The amnesty coincided with the country's 44th ... countries in Africa and more than 50 across the world that have the death penalty, although the country's last hanging was in 2005.